Michelle HeatonWhen it's our birthday, we tend to make demands for chocolate cake, pop to Topshop for some suitable apparel and stock up on the plonk.

But Michelle Heaton's b'day preparations look a helluva lot more painful than that.

Mich's turning 29 next week, and if we know her well enough (which we think we do) she'll be out on the town, paps at the ready, to celebrate.

So we can understand that she might not wTa-da. Michelle after her dental work.ant to be grinning at the shutterbugs with an 'orrible chipped tooth.

Natch, Michelle took herself off to celebrity tooth clinic, DermaDental in Dublin to get her gnashers looking gorgeous.

There's not many who'd be snapped in such fearful (and drooling) guise, but clearly our Mich is game for anything.

The dentist successfully inserted a composite veneer over the area where the tooth was chipped, et voila, Michelle is as right as rain.

Click on to see some more celebs who've had a little work done on their pearly whites...