Snow Melt

Contemplating my missing teeth

Jalál (Glory), 6 ‘Izzat (Might), 165 B.E. – Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:36 PM Pacific Time

There are certain things you don't consider when having all your teeth pulled. When this started, I didn't think about things like chewing my food or drooling. At my last dental appointment, the dentist pulled four teeth out of my upper right jaw. I miss those teeth.

I miss them because I used them to chew my food. It's a lot more difficult to chew without them. Most of my teeth in my lower jaw were out before I even went to the dentist. Several teeth were missing in the upper jaw on the left side and the teeth that were still there were loose. It seems I did most of my chewing on the right side of my mouth, using the four teeth recently pulled.

I'm having more difficultly chewing my food. In addition, I now drool in my sleep. For yeas I heard about people drooling in their sleep, I thought it was funny. I still think it's funny, even though I drool in my sleep now. Of course, there are worse things a person can do in their sleep then drool. Actually, the only problem with drooling in my sleep is I have to wash the pillowslip every day now.