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How Many Teeth

 When I was in Elementary School dental hygiene was an important part of my socialization but had little impact on the regular dental checkups and drilling into my teeth.   At thirteen I got a horse and one day when riding bareback and with a halter she got spooked and as she approached a Dodge with large fins on the back I set for her to jump and instead she dug in to stop and my chin and a fin collided.  My teeth survived required braces and I think that did more damage in a way that caused more drilling. After I cam home from the Air Force my childhood dentist had sold his practice to a new thing that is now the way most dentist practice under a group.  The dentist I drew while doing a root canal drilled all the way into my sinuses. Continue this wild ride until about September year before last when I found out I would need my atrial valve replaced and the VA decided to do more drilling and six extractions before that happened.  I got better and then at ...