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Let me tell you a story about how my front teeth got the way they are now.
When I was about 13, I liked PE at school. One of my favourite things was to run and jump on one of those little minitrampoline thingies and do a flip onto a mat. (crash pad? what do you call those things?)
Anyways, one day, I didn't get the spin quite right, and my ass came down at the same time as my heels. Heels hit floor, ricocheted back up right into my mouth. Blood everywhere, teefs thru lip, one tooth permanently behind the other (only slightly now, but still noticeable).
I had a similar thing falling of my parents' bed as a tot. I knocked both front teeth and spent the next couple years looking utterly retarded. Plus I had a space maintainer in and wasn't allowed to chew gum, which is odd since my great grandfather used to work for American Chicle. another great grandparent was a sailor working for American Tobacco in Panama when he caught yellow fever and died at 23. My family has an odd history with oral fixatives.
I am not even going to get started on teeth. Usually when I get a new dentist, I start by saying "I hope you appreciate that I have probably been in a dentist's office more hours than you have."
I'm in the dental history books. Halloween costume malfunction at age 9, followed by car accident at age 14.
My plan is to save up for a nice trip to China and have everything replaced with finely crafted jewelry grade implants, inserted by an intense little woman with sharp eyes and very small hands.
That being said, if anyone needs any advice on dental procedures I'm here for you.
My plan is to save up for a nice trip to China and have everything replaced with finely crafted jewelry grade implants, inserted by an intense little woman with sharp eyes and very small hands.
Alternately, you could take the subway uptown and get some of these.
Not to long ago, I saw a guy on the subway with horrendously crooked bucked teeth, every last one capped in textured gold. This is what's known as missing the point. Dude looked like Bling-Bling the Beaver.
mudpuppie: I work just right down the street from that BBQ joint! Never eaten there, however. (Unlike jonmc, I don't savor the prospect of gumming my way through a mess of spareribs.)
Atom Eyes, where do you work? I lived in Austin for 10 years. I ate there, but it was with a group of coworkers during my strict vegetarian days. Their beans are good.
Mine are pretty nasty, but I am finally getting something done about them before I end up having to eat everything through a straw. SO far this year I have spent about $2k - still got one more root canal to go and about 8 small fillings, then the structural work is finished and I can consider making myself look beautiful again. When I started, my dentist took photos of my teeth to show his students at university lectures, that's how bad they were. Considering I didn;t go to a dentist for over 20 years, it's hardly surprising though.
Kids, look after your teeth - it's worth it. After ~2 years of almost constant pain, I wish I had heeded my Mother when I was younger. Actually, kids - listen to your parents, they know what they are talking about.
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