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."
