United Kingdom, Dec. 23 -- Chrissy Teigen knocked out her veneers trying to open a candy cane.

The 40-year-old model - who has Luna nine, Miles, seven, and Esti and Wren, both two, with husband John Legend - was preparing a festive activity for her children when she suffered a mishap that led to her making an emergency trip to the dentist.

Chrissy shared a video to her Instagram account detailing what had happened.

The clip, which was titled Growing Candy Cane (Gone wrong), Chrissy could be seen sat around a dining table at home, helping the children fill plant pots with crumbled Oreo cookies and a candy cane.

In the same video, Chrissy appeared three days later, sitting on a sofa beside a few candy canes as she shared that her tooth ...