Ruminations

My dentist, like every dentist the world over, has a copy of Ronald E. Goldstein's Change Your Smile book. I was sitting in the waiting room today waiting for my six-monthly check-up (once again a pillar of dental health, thanks very much) and as usual I found myself staring at the woman on the cover.

At first glance she looks like your typical 1980's US sitcom housewife with big hair and lots of make-up. But when she smiles you can see all of her teeth. Smile at yourself in the mirror - can you see all of your teeth? Looking at the cover a big longer the teeth became everything, and in the end she looked more like one of the monsters from one of my five year old's sci-fi cartoon DVDs.

As I was called to the dentist's chair my lasting impression was that she was about to eat a guinea pig. Whole.