I’ve long admired nice teeth.
There’s not much I covet, but if you have nice teeth, I want them.
My parents tried to straighten my little dracula teeth when I was a child, but I didn’t fancy wearing a brace and after losing or breaking two sets, I didn’t get another chance.
As a young adult my mouth met with a pole while riding a horse, and a dentist replaced the now cracked and missing front four with crowns and I had relatively straight teeth for the first time.
Another dentist on a dating site made the mistake of pointing out all the faults in my profile picture smile and then asked me out. A hard pass. Maybe should have humoured him and got everything fixed up. Didn’t think of it at the time. Twit. Him and I.
Anyhoo.. I got into a discussion with a dentist recently re improvements and he suggested we look into things. We need a few X Rays and scans he advised.
This was an understatement. X rays, scans, 2D scans, 3D scans. On and on.
What was that last one I made the mistake of asking.
Oh, that was for your inner most thoughts and the state of your soul.
Fair enough. Seems legit. There is talk of a rapture.
If you think your teeth are in relatively good shape, don’t let anyone show you a 3D scan of your mouth.
Unfortunately, they advised with glee, apart from the obvious issues (wot?), your bite is crushing your teeth and it’s just a matter of time before everything cracks up.
Are you saying I have a nasty bite, I asked.
Well yes, and your bark is quite something too.
So now… There is a whole plan involving a series of specialists to fix me up proper.
And I have joined the ranks of adult brace wearers. Clear aligners they call them.
I’m looking for a support group.
I also have to have receding gum treatment, which involves, just to make you shudder in horror and throw up a bit in your mouth, taking tissue from my palate to build up my gums.
I did ask if there was an option to use someone else’s palate.
They have, I noticed, written quite a bit in my file already…
Things like :
NOT BRAVE (Sedate as much as possible)
I suspect this may also be to stop me asking questions and giving opinions.