So – today was the day I got my new crown! No, I didn’t turn into a princess — I went to the dentist to replace the yellowy plastic temporary crown with a fancy new fake tooth made out of white-ish Thera-tooth-colored porcelain.

It started off pretty well.

We were able to rip the old one out pretty painlessly. It did drop down near my throat when it finally gave – but the doc was able to save it before I started to choke.

Then the new tooth was squeezed into place. It was bigger than the old fake tooth.

So, rather than shaving the tooth down to match the tooth on the opposite side, the dentist suggested we “add tooth” to the smaller, less massive counterpart.

It turned into one of those situations — like a haircut, where you keep trimming each side to try to make it even, ya know? Except for trimming… we were ADDING TOOTH.

Now, if you’ve ever seen me in person – you know — I HAVE BIG TEETH to begin with.

example 1: In high school my nick name was “big tooth Thera” — my friend Wiley used to draw pictures of me — it was just all teeth and a tiny body.

example 2: Nate, my dear husband, affectionately calls me “Donkey Teeth.” Whenever I get sassy he looks at me and says, “heehaw!”

example 3: When I upload an image of myself on MyHeritage.com – my celebrity look-alikes are Jason Biggs and Nancy Kerrigan.

So… as you can see, I start dripping sweat as I feel the doctor adding more tooth-matter on each side – to make my smile evenly humongous.

I’d upload a picture – but – this badass wants to have a low profile for once.

smiles,
-T