Tooth 🦷

A single pearly white tooth emoji, depicted as a bright, pristine molar or bicuspid with a subtle root visible at the base. The design is clean and cheerful, rendered in pale white or cream tones with shading that gives it dimension and a slightly glossy appearance, making it unmistakably dental.

Beyond literal dentistry references, this emoji works for jokes about losing teeth, the tooth fairy, or dental anxiety. People share it when talking about their dentist appointments, celebrating finally getting braces off, or cracking a tooth. It's also used ironically when someone says something that makes others' teeth hurt—a phrase meaning "that was painfully awkward."

The tooth emoji has become a playful way to discuss dental care, from toothbrush reminders to proud posts about a fresh cleaning. Gen Z and younger users sometimes drop it when describing a funny or cringey moment, leaning on the "makes your teeth hurt" slang.

Different platforms render the tooth with slight variations in shape and sheen, but all maintain that characteristic white, healthy appearance. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 11.0 in 2018, the tooth emoji joined a growing collection of realistic body-part representations that expanded emoji's capacity to discuss health and wellness in a lighter, more relatable way.