Tooth-gate 2011

Remember that post about my tooth? That was fun, huh? Well, this last Wednesday, I went in to get my for real fake tooth put in. They took off my temporary cap (an altogether frightening experience, of the kind I will save you from the details) and I was left with my little nubbler. They cleaned and disinfected this and then put my permanent cap in to test it before sealing it. It was beautiful. It was everything I ever dreamed my front tooth could be (and if that sounds corny, I'm being serious. I've had fantasies about what that tooth will look like once all the business is done and it's permanently there for years). There was only one problem: it was the wrong color. Talk about crestfallen! Part of Tooth-gate 2011 was that I wanted whiter teeth, so I figured I'd bleach them while waiting for the for real fake tooth. So my dentist had given me whitening trays. (Those things are amazing, by the way.) My teeth outdid themselves and bleached a few shades beyond what is considered the typical lightest natural whitened color. Go teeth! Way to over-achieve. But because of this unexpected new development, my tooth was totally and noticeably the wrong color. Boo! So they took it out (and I died inside) and put the gross temporary fake tooth back in. And I have to return in 2 weeks to get my for real fake tooth. Ugh! And because they re-inserted the temporary, it looks awful. It's got this constant look of plaque ring around the top and the color varies depending on the part of the tooth you're looking at. So come December, I will (hopefully) have my beautiful permanent cap in and it will match the rest of my face and we'll be done with this. Please, feel free to laugh. All in all, this is getting very comical!