Friday, February 5, 2010

Tooth Fairy vs. Tooth Doctor

As a child, I was taught that when you loose a tooth, you receive a quarter from the Tooth Fairy.  When you grow older, however, that magical Tooth Fairy mutates into a middle-aged man wielding dental equipment.  He does the opposite, giving you new teeth, and taking much...much, much, much, more than a quarter for it.

I've never had a cavity in my life until recently.  All at once I found out there were four!  It was my fault, between not flossing and letting too much time go by before getting them checked out.  I kind of thought I was immune to cavities.  

I got everything done by Dr. Bolouri.  I recommend him and his staff to anyone with a toothache in Portland!  

They had to shave down my front tooth to prepare it for a crown:

 

The best (and by best, I mean funniest) compliment I've ever received was, "I've never met a girl from Mississippi with all her teeth before.  You seem pretty cool."  And now that statement is false.  

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"My name is Emily, I'm from Mississippi, and I don't have all my teeth."