Ok, lest you think that I'm off again about my rosey cheeks (fascinating as that subject is...) I have a set of "sort of" before and after pictures.
But, in order to really appreciate the pics I feel compelled to give you a little background. About 18? years ago, I had a chunk of my front tooth come off. I went in to my new dentist for a cleaning and he did a patch on the backside of the tooth and voila! It looked fantastic. He didn't even charge me for it. New dentist in town, building patient trust, whatever? I have been loyal to him ever since. So, the other night I finished brushing, rinsed, spit and gave the usual grimace to see if I had any pieces of debris lurking about in my mouth and noticed that sometime during the day the "patch" had detached.
And this is what it looked like......
Yeah, I know. Pretty Sweet.
I couldn't help but think of Jim Carey's classic look in "Dumb and Dumber. Unfortunately, I don't have a nice cap that can be easily re-attached like Jim had. It's a three day weekend so, of course I won't even be able to call until tomorrow to see when I can get in to see the dentist, let alone whether there is anything he can do and how much it will cost.
So, I spent the days running my tongue over the offending tooth ( you know how you can NEVER leave a rough spot alone on your tooth!) and contemplating my new and highly attractive hill billy grin.
Ok, ok... before ya'll get too choked up and start sending me notes of condolence and fake wax teeth (can you even get those anymore?)... scroll on down and you can see the un-edited, pre- photoshop enlarged choppers.
I figure if I concentrate on how truly bad it "could" be the reality won't seem so gnarly. You may be thinking to yourself "What's all the fuss about?" Let's just say it's a little harder to let go of some things than others and leave it at that.Now, I would like to add this disclaimer. I am not looking for pity, money or photoshop solutions. It seems better to laugh than to cry. And it's pretty silly to cry about a tooth for pity sakes.
So, Chuck just came upstairs and looked over my shoulder and said "Do you ever take a normal picture?" Define "normal". I say. This coming from a man who is currently sporting a rolled 4X4" piece of bloody gauze taped just under his nose.
Chuck is doing really well after his sinus surgery this morning. Other than giving the nurses a bit of a scramble because he was determined to yank the packing out of his nose when he was coming out from the anesthetic he has been a model patient. He is currently entrenched on the recliner in the basement watching the "Dirtiest Jobs" marathon. Hopefully he will just be entertained and not inspired to take on a really dirty job. Did I mention that he has taken up cheese making after watching an episode a couple of weeks ago?? Yep. So far we have had two batches of mozarell. The first was spreadable and quite tasty, the second was more to his liking and quite tasty as well. He plans to undertake cheddar sometime during his recovery phase and has stocked the pantry with cheesemaking supplies... all sorts of littel bottles with mystery ingredients, wax, cheese cloth, seives, measuring devices... He is having a blast with it and hey - it's edible. Who am I to complain? (ok, so I was complaining about my stupid tooth earlier - but I'm over it now... sort of :0)
6 comments:
Oh my gosh, those pics are so funny Karen!! Don't worry, I'm not laughing at your tooth falling off, I'm laughing at the way you are smiling and the title to the blog fits perfectly. I really hope you can get into the dentist soon and get it fixed so it doesn't keep driving you nuts. And cheese sounds delicious. THe old man can treat you since he will be home for a couple days. You'll have to let us all know how the cheddar turns out.
you totally look like that truck with the buck teeth in "Cars". (that was meant with love) And of course I mean in the photoshopped version.
I completely understand about a part of the tooth falling off. If you recall the half of my crown that came off while I was at your place? At least mine was out of site.
Good luck!!
Oh my Gosh! you're right! I couldn't figure out who (what) the pict reminded me of. I do make a good hillbilly truck huh! :0)
So why is your face so red in the picture? Weird. I remember breaking my tooth on a Lifesaver sitting in a Catholic church on my mission. I never did get it fixed. It is on the bottom right in the front and I get self-conscious about it occasionally and wish it weren't broken. Of course I also occasionally with the orthordontist would have given me a retainer so my teeth wouldn't have drifted together after all that orthodontia. Oh well what are you going to do. I'm certainly not getting braces again!
I do have to admit to whitening my teeth about two years ago. That was a great move.
You make me laugh with your way with words though! The "Perils of Karen" once again!
Karen, you make me laugh. Those pictures are terrific.
Hey! I posted on here days ago but apparently it didn't save. These pictures are awesome but I am sorry you broke your tooth. You sonny boy broke a chunk of his front tooth off and our dentist said there was nothing he could do about it so now I am married to a hillbilly but o'well. I think people (like me) like to think we aren't vain but then something like this happens and we kind of freak out.
I am with michandler about not getting a retainer from my ortho. and now all my bottom teeth are crooked again...grrr plus they are pushing my front teeth straight out. Cool.
I hope you can get your tooth fixed soon!
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