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History Of My Teeth

Monday, September 26th, 2022

“You have the whitest teeth,” some random older woman said to me at a dinner party in the ‘80s. Then her whole family from out of town chimed in, “We are obsessed with your teeth!” It was an unusual compliment. And, with a minor amount of self-deprecation, I proudly accepted.

I was in Paris on a trip with my best friend, Kimberly, and my one-year-old child, Oliver. We were staying in small quarters in an inexpensive pensione. “I have to tell you your breath is very bad,” Kimberly said to me in our little room. “I’ve wanted to tell you for days, but I didn’t want to hurt your feelings.” Turns out, I had a leaky crown, which sends out a foul odor. One that I couldn’t, or didn’t, detect.

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