There is no escape

[poog]

I woke up this morning at 9:47. I had an ortho appt. in town at 10:15. I pretty much scrambled around for a couple mintues before bursting outside and into the van. It sputtered and coughed on the way to the appt. It stalled twice. As we parked, I could not help but feel slightly distressed. I checked my teeth for anything that might make the orthodontist want to reach for something that would be shiny and sharp. I opened the doors to the building, and stepped inside. To my left was the door to the orthodontist. I opened the door, and stepped inside. As I sat down, I saw behind the counter my orthodontist, his assistant, and the secretary. The ortho-man looked up at me kind of nervously and tried to smile. Something didn't feel right... I looked around for any sort of booby trap or tom foolery but it seemed I was safe. For now. As I followed his assistant that I had never seen before back to the room, I could feel something following me. I glanced back but saw only shiny floors and white walls. She told me to take a seat. I gave the chair a look and flopped into it. She grabbed something extremely shiny and tried putting it in my mouth. I tried to make my mouth impenetrable, but evil prevailed. She started taking of the bands that held my wire in place. One. By. One. As I started to get up she told me to sit back down. For it had only just begun. She grabbed a pair of pliers. I felt my stomach growl. I was hungry and nervous, but I kept calm. As she pulled my wires out from my braces, I could see that she was obviously new. I had never seen her before, and she looked very shifty. She told me I could brush the stuff out from underneath my wire now. I stood up and grabbed those automatic toothbrushes. As I wettened it with water, the assistant stood back and leaned against the counter waiting for me to finish. I collected myself and started brushing. Three minutes went by. I calmy disposed of the brush and sat back down. The orthodontist walked in. The next fifteen minutes was full of, "Please bite down"s and, "Try not to squirm"s. As he played Beethoven's Fifth on my teeth I noticed his fumbling and stressed muttering. Something was not quite right. Finally, he layed his instruments down and cracked his fingers. I looked up at him with concern. He glanced at me but looked away. "Rowan," he told me, "Rowan, to properly make room for all of your teeth you will need to have your front left bottom incisor removed." I seemed to cry as everything went black and spun wildly out of control. Of course everything in that story was exaggerated. I did have a hard morning, the orth-man did fumble many times, and, yeah, I am having my incisor removed. I won't be able to give anyone a full smile anymore. I will only be able to give them a 31/32 smile. I cannot escape for there is no escape.

[ChrissyMaria]

Ok now you're making me afraid of dentists

[Abra]

I honestly feared this thread was going to be about dental rape.

[Man of Steel]

Nice writing there. It amused and slightly unsettled me. Sorry about your tooth having to be removed, man.

[poog]

haha, sorry for scaring you guys. i think he was just having a hectic day

[Schmaven]

I hate having teeth pulled. Before I got braces, I had 8 teeth pulled at once; The four wisdom teeth, and 2 from the top and bottom in the front. Luckily I was knocked unconscious for that. But unluckily, I had to try to eat stuff after. Now I can only give people a 26/32 smile

[poog]

hmmm, now my situation doesn't seem so bad haha

[Schmaven]

Getting 8 teeth pulled actually wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. They put me on laughing gas before knocking me out so the needle didn't even bother me. Afterwards, they prescribed me with some heavy duty pain meds. It was just weird being able to feel all the new gaps in my teeth with my tongue.

[Taosaur]

It's hard for me to assess this sort of thing, as I've had near zero dental intervention in my life. I have a Simpsons-hardcore overbite, buckteeth and carnivore canines. I'm not sure what an orthodontist could have done with a case like mine

[Schmaven]

I had some messed up teeth, randomly leaning forwards, and an overbite, and 2 teeth that were blocked from coming in. Braces fixed all that, but at the expense of tooth strength. I'm now questioning whether it was worth it or not, because now my teeth are a lot weaker than they previously were. I have be a lot more careful about eating solid / crunchy foods. And I cannot under any circumstance bite the top off of a beer bottle. I can slightly move all my teeth with my fingers. ....the hidden costs of braces

[poog]

I woke up this morning in a cheerful mood. Nothing could bring me down. I had dreamt an amazing dream that was going to enter into my dream journal... after I had brushed my teeth. As I walked the long hall to the bathroom I had not realized yet. As I opened the door into the small room I had not realized yet. I looked at myself in the mirror and I had still not realized. As I pulled that tube of paste across my brush I thought hard about that dream not wanting to forget. I lifted the brush up to my mouth. As I brushed I remembered. Everything came rushing back like a horrible landslide of catastrophe!!! I was having my tooth removed. No longer would I brush that little guy again after the operation. I screamed in agony as I brushed the remaining teeth I would be able to keep. Curses! Who would do such a heinuous crime!? What in the world does heinuous mean and how do you spell it?! All of these questions!!! I eventually passed out in the middle of the bahtroom. Don't get me wrong. I'm not scared about the procedure of having the tooth taken out. I'm okay with that, I'm not too squeemish about shots and stuff. (Except maybe those shiny pliers the ortho-man was using.) What I'm scared of is losing my good ol' chum. We went through a lot together. When I first pulled my baby tooth, he was underneath there and he was thanking me for getting the obnoxious brat off of him. When he and I were growing up we ate many a meal. I remember eating a sandwich with him... *sniff* OH WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY!!!???

[Umbrasquall]

I'm sure a lot of people have had those dreams where your teeth are falling off. Those are some of the scariest. Don't worry man. You can get a fake tooth when you grow up or something.

[poog]

a fake tooth? it just wouldn't be the same... unless... it was made out of gold with ruby and emerald studs!!! haha, just kidding, nothing could replace him.

[Clairity]

poog, I am really enjoying this thread! I love the way you write and you are definately making me smile! (notice the big FULL grin: ) .

[poog]

aaaw shucks, thanks Clairity

[Scarhand]

I honestly feared this thread was going to be about dental rape. I laughed much too hard at that

[poog]

maybe once its removed, I could attempt a lucid and try and bring him back...

[Clairity]

maybe once its removed, I could attempt a lucid and try and bring him back... and since it's a lucid dream.. you could actually have a conversation with him and ask him if he's feeling any separation anxiety or harbors any ill will towards you for abandoning him.. .

[poog]

well its not like I am the one prying him out of my mouth, so I can't imagine him being angry with me. in the dream we could go hunt the ortho-man down, and pull out all of his teeth and then force him to try and eat a rock-hard biscuit! hahaha! if they let me keep the tooth after the operation i imagine i'd put him under my pillow to try and help the induction of that lucid dream.

[Clairity]

if they let me keep the tooth after the operation i imagine i'd put him under my pillow to try and help the induction of that lucid dream. I just had a visual of you becoming lucid and then having to fight the tooth fairy to get your tooth back! .

[poog]

now I'm frightened... what if she's buffed up on steriods or something?

[Clairity]

Don't be frightened.. you can take her!! .

[poog]

I don't know... she looks tough

[Clairity]

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[poog]

I've been thinking though... If they remove that tooth, doesn't that mean the braces will pull the other teeth inward creating a diagonal effect? My Teeth - l l l l l l My Teeth Very Soon - //\\\