Just when you think it's safe to go back in the boozer...

[lizwilliams]

Overheard in the pub tonight:

"I had two rows of teeth, like, you know, a shark*? And so they removed the milk teeth and there was a gaping wound in my jaw. And then I went out with my mates and had a bacardi and coke and it had a slice of lemon in it. And I forgot."

All together now, "Ow...."

* Surprisingly common. A very close friend of mine has this, but she has kept her milk teeth.

Comments

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

but she has kept her milk teeth

That must make teeth cleaning interesting!

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

...and I should not break into song, I really should not.

"Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear,
And he shows them pearly white..."

[paleologa.livejournal.com]

It's neat when one is able to forget a gaping wound in one's jaw, if only for a little while.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I used to think I'd had problems with my teeth (whilst not quite the possesser of the 'English smile,' as demonstrated in The Simpsons, my teeth came out wonky). I had a brace and all that stuff and now they're still far from perfect, but more or less OK.

While fitting the brace, the dentist sliced a small piece out of my gum and I woke up choking on blood. I didn't say anything to my mother because I thought it was normal, never having had a brace before.

I went through another round a couple of years ago because I got a stone in my salivary gland, like a kidney stone. It was about the size of a pea and they had to cut the floor of my mouth open to remove it. Didn't like that. It's still not right but they said that the only option was removing the gland.

(When the dentist left the room, I sneaked a look at my medical records because you never know what they're not telling you, and it said 'Patient is pleasant.' Which was gratifying, but a bit subjective, I thought. Are they allowed to put stuff like that? 'Patient is an arsehole.' 'Patient had a terrible haircut.')

Now, especially reading another LJ around here, I realise that my early teething issues were barely on the scale of dental agony. So I think I've been lucky.

[sdn.livejournal.com]

oh, i wish i had had that!

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Icon love! Where did you get that diagram?

[sdn.livejournal.com]

i have no idea, actually! i think i pulled it off a google search.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Ah..I'll have to go look then. That gives me some ideas. :-D

[vincam.livejournal.com]

My sister had that. It worked out nicely, because her baby teeth stuck out and the adult ones came in behind, straighter than they would have been otherwise.