--- title: Dakota Johnson Reveals Truth About Closing Her Tooth Gap description: Turns out Dakota Johnson is just as sad about her beloved tooth gap closing as some of her fans are. canonical: https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-07T15:00:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:49.781Z og:title: Dakota Johnson Reveals the Truth About Closing Her Tooth Gap og:description: "I'm really sad about it too" og:url: https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3852becf36fea9c2/698a00fc97cdffecfd6b959f/dakota-johnson-tooth-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Dakota-Johnson-Tooth-Gap og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dakota Johnson Reveals the Truth About Closing Her Tooth Gap twitter:description: "I'm really sad about it too" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3852becf36fea9c2/698a00fc97cdffecfd6b959f/dakota-johnson-tooth-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dakota Johnson Reveals the Truth About Closing the Tooth Gap That Consumed Us All > Sponsored content. 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THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 1103 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Dakota Johnson during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 6, 2019. NBC—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 7, 2019 3:00 PM UTC Turns out [Dakota Johnson](https://time.com/5411451/dakota-johnson-number/) is just as sad about her [beloved tooth gap](https://time.com/5645266/dakota-johnson-gap-tooth/) closing as some of her fans are. During an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of _The Tonight Show_ to promote her new movie _The Peanut Butter Falcon_, Johnson revealed the story behind the recent disappearance of the [gap between her two front teeth](http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/10/will-gap-teeth-become-the-next-big-fashion-trend/) — a change in appearance that caused a big enough stir to make headlines. According to Johnson, when she started experiencing some neck pain, her orthodontist decided to remove a permanent retainer that had been in her mouth since she was 13 years old. Her tooth gap then closed on its own. “My orthodontist decided that it would be a good idea to take \[the retainer\] off and see if my jaw had sort of expanded. And it helped me and my gap closed by itself. And I’m really sad about it too,” she told host Jimmy Fallon before reiterating her distress. “I’m sad about my gap tooth too, so I’d really appreciate some privacy at this time.” Watch the full clip of Dakota Johnson on Fallon below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Dakota Johnson Reveals the Truth About Closing the Tooth Gap That Consumed Us All","datePublished":"2019-08-07T15:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:49.781Z","description":"\"I'm really sad about it too\"","url":"https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","TV","Late Night Television","dakota johnson","The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3852becf36fea9c2/698a00fc97cdffecfd6b959f/dakota-johnson-tooth-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3852becf36fea9c2/698a00fc97cdffecfd6b959f/dakota-johnson-tooth-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dakota-Johnson-Tooth-Gap","caption":"THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 1103 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Dakota Johnson during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 6, 2019","creditText":"NBC—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5646183/dakota-johnson-teeth-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Dakota Johnson Reveals the Truth About Closing the Tooth Gap That Consumed Us All"}}]}] ```