David judged people by their teeth. He was a dentist after all. There could be coffee stains, or cavities from too much sugar, or plaque from lack of care. There was so much that could be told about a person just by looking at their teeth.
David was young, keen, vibrant, eager after his recent graduation as a dentist to climb up the othodontical ladder. Tooth decay, root canals, gum disease, crowns, were all part of…
And then he saw her! Just across the room! Long straight shining black hair. A face carved from the whitest marble! The most beautiful of eyes! He’d never seen a creature so wondrous. Their eyes met…
…and then she smiled.
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Weave a Web 
That’s why in old portraits people kept their mouths shut. Good one!
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It pays to keep ones mouth shut – good teeth or not!
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For me it’s ‘…..and then she spoke’…………. We all have our little judgmental lines 🙂
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Ah yes! I have been guilty of that: “She was beautiful until she opened her mouth…”
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“Despite the great advances of
cosmetic dentistry
big smiles like horses’ mouths
seem almost treachery.
So many kinds of smiles there are
that damn or euphemize,
yet best are those not in the teeth
but in love-sparkled eyes.”
—stanza 4, SOME SIMILES FOR SMILES
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…by simply smiling first!
It’s true: The truth of a smile is in the eyes! I think you’ve just given me the rentrement of a Rondeau I’ve been battling with!
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Very clever.
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Thanks Colin.
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I’ll bet she was spitting blood after that!
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Thanks for filling in the gaps, Keith.
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Scary one, Bruce. Did you ever see the TV adverts for Corsodyl? The ‘orthodontical ladder’ – now I know what happens to all those extractions
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! Corsodyl adverts I have not seen, but it sounds like something made of whale-bone that Victorian women wore!
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It’s a mouthwash – you could have written the script 🙂
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Ain’t that the truth? I think a lot of people judge by the condition of someone’s teeth. Tells a lot about them if they are nasty. Loved this story with a moral.
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Thanks Noelle. Your comment brought a smile!
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Oh dear, well she’d probably never be interested in a dentist then anyway.
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She might have had dentures!
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Sometimes I wonder whether I am uglier within or without my mouth. And I wonder what kind of story you’d write if you were cast a look on me.
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It would surely have to be an epic – Ulysses perhaps or even Don Quixote!
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