Professional Appearance For Job Interviews?

I recently resigned from my job and plan on interviewing in the upcoming days and weeks. However, I am also in the process of undergoing cosmetic dentistry (porcelain veneers) to my two front teeth to enhance my smile. Meanwhile, I'm wearing temporary ones that are yellow and don't match my white teeth and are not pleasing to look at. It will take the technician to fabricate the permanent ones about 2 weeks. I'm concerned that going into an interview that this might jeopardize my chances of landing a good job because I know employers do consider professional appearance as a criteria when evaluating a job candidate.





My question is how should I approach this?





1. Just don't worry about and proceed as usual.


2. Wait two weeks and get the permanent implants then peruse job hunting.


3.Apologize up front for the appearance of my teeth a explain the situation to the interviewer before the interviewer notices it on his/her own and forms a negative opinion.

Professional Appearance For Job Interviews?
In this situation I think I would apologize up front and explain that the smile will be back 100% by the time you start!





No really, I think I would not bring it up unless you notice some kind of reaction to them. It probably is not as bad as you think. Practice smiling with only a small open smile, instead of your normal brilliant one.





When they call for the interview just tell them that you cannot possibly make that time, as you have a dentist appointment. Then they will know you are already having work done and may even bring it up, and open the door for your explanation tactfully.


(besides that it is always good to not behave like you are not going on other interviews and have appointments, the busier an applicant is generally means the better candidate they are)





Reality is it may take you two weeks to land an interview anyway.





Good luck in your search
Reply:First off, ask someone you can trust to sit across from you as if you are going through an interview and tell you if they can really "see" that your teeth are a problem. Tell them to be absolutely honest. If they agree it's something that stands out odd, then you should mention it right at the beginning of the interview. Simply say "Before we start I just want to apologize for the appearance of my two front teeth. I'm having work down and these are temporaries. I'm a bit self-conscious about these, so I thought I should just let you know up front before we began to talk." If you don't bring it up, and the interviewer finds it distracting... they won't be concentrating on your answers.
Reply:Don't even worry about your teeth! They have nothing to do with professional appearance. I have nasty braces on my teeth and still got hired as a receptionist to greet million $$ clients! You'll be fine. Just don't show that you're self conscious; do not apologize for anything while you are in an interview. Go in and project confidence; employers are looking for that.