radiopeter

(my teeth)

So. It’s been a long journey with Invisalign and loads of work on my mouth. Basically, my bonus last year bought me a new smile. My bottom teeth are still a work in progress, but yesterday I visited my orthodontist, Dr. Kathryn Delfs, and she swapped my two “pegged” incisors for two temporary ones that tell the tale of the forthcoming veneers.

I love my new smile.

Yes, yes, I am vain. So what. It’s my bliss, and I’ve been known on more than one occasion to extol the virtues of vanity. Why shouldn’t I care about my appearance? Appearance counts for a whole lot in this world, and there is absolutely no denying it.

I can hear the emo kids screaming now.

If appearance didn’t matter, we’d all have smaller eyes and huge noses. And then scent would matter (although scent does matter to me). Or else we’d have huge hands and little eyes and noses, and our sense of touch would be how we’d explore our world. But we are visual creatures, like so many in this animal kingdom we claim to be at the top of.

I digress. This post is about my vanity and my teeth. Which look fan-freakin’-tastic right now, and they aren’t even in their final stages. As seen below, I had a pretty rocky-road smile with these tiny little peg-like incisors (one of which chipped last week). But now, the new ones are filled in and they smooth out the incisor/canine relationship.

My goodness how scientific sounding. Innit? I chose to put these in b&w because the coloring is not quite right on them yet, and once the new ones are in I’ll amaze you with my new choppers in full glorious color. I may even do them in hi-rez just to gross you and the rest of the internets out.

Seriously, who needs hi-def pictures of fleshy gums, right?

Ok, ok, on to the photographs.

My old choppers (far left and right bumps are Invisalign buttons)

και τα νέα (and the new ones)

All thanks to my miracle worker Dr. Delfs. Should you happen to live in Chicago, and need a great Orthodontist, as well as a kick-ass dentists office, I can’t recommend University Associates in Dentistry (Dr. Marcus is my dentist, Johanna my hygienist) any higher. These folks are fun, professional, and a delight to visit.

Face it. Nobody loves going to the dentist. But I actually look forward to visiting UAD whenever I have an appointment.

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