#losing teeth

[winvyre]

Today's adventures in worldbuilding:

Researching how different cultures handle(d) children losing teeth and navigating how that plays into the relationships between religion, superstition, and racism in my fantasy world.

[marlynnofmany]

Why didn’t anyone tell me about this comic earlier?

It is.  So cute.  SpiderMom does her best, and HumanChild makes friends with everything.  There’s only about 20 pages so far, but I am invested.

Here’s page one.  *shoos you off to read it*

[bogleech]

Maybe this is just because I’m American but characters in fiction are never as upset as they should be about losing a tooth in a fight. I’ve never lost an adult tooth but the concept of it is terrifying??? It’s permanently life-changing unless you can afford thousands and thousands of dollars for a fake tooth that screws into place and might always look obviously off-colored from your other teeth, leading to ridicule anyway if we’re to go by internet comments I’ve seen.

[goatbi]

Transformation: Chapter One

Alright, so, they really had no reference to how one changed from human into... whatever Benrey was. Even Benrey didn’t seem to know. Which was... fine. Whatever. 

What wasn’t okay was waking up with teeth in your mouth. 

Gordon rolled over in his sleep, then sat up as he choked quickly, coughing up three teeth. What. The. Fuck. 

He held them in his hand as he stood, running his tongue over his teeth, pushing into the bathroom, luckily unoccupied, and bared his teeth at the mirror, dragging his cheek to the side to find his missing teeth. 

But there were none missing. 

Gordon paused, staring at himself in the mirror, teeth bared, confused. What... He looked down at his hand. Okay, so there were three teeth there, for sure. He looked back up. No teeth missing. 

“Is anyone awake?” He called out, a bit quiet in case they were all still asleep. 

“Gordon why the fuck are you yelling in the morning?” Bubby snarked at him from the living room. Gordon peeked out, seeing him wrapped up in a large blanket, Coomer passed out with his head in Bubby’s lap. “What’s your issue.” 

Gordon moved over to him, holding out his hand palm up to show the teeth. 

“... Are those yours?” 

“I think so...” 

“How the fuck did you lose that many teeth at once?” 

“Bubby... There are no teeth missing in my mouth. But you have confirmed I am not hallucinating these teeth, right?” 

Bubby stared at him, eyes darting down to the teeth. “Well... I can see them...” He extracted one hand to poke one of the teeth in Gordon’s palm, hand jerking back. “And feel them... gross...” 

“So they’re real.” 

“They are.” 

“I woke up with these three teeth in my mouth. No teeth missing.” 

Bubby continued to stare. 

“Are you sure?” 

Gordon sighed, then bared his teeth for Bubby, showing that, no, there were no missing teeth. Bubby blinked, then frowned.

“Come closer...” Gordon raised an eyebrow at him, but leaned forwards for him, not too close so Bubby wouldn’t complain about his morning breath. 

“Have these teeth here... On the right top side, all in a row there... have they always been that sharp?” Gordon blinked, pulling away from him and running his teeth over his right top teeth and paused. Okay those felt super sharp. He turned, going back into the bathroom to look himself. 

Yeah... those were sharper. Way sharper... Almost Benrey level. 

Which would make sense. He was turning into whatever Benrey was, he was pretty sure... 

“Uh no... That’s new. We figured out the mystery of my teeth though...” 

“Not really.” 

“Bubby... at least they aren’t someone else’s teeth in my mouth when I woke up.” 

Bubby stared at him quietly, then nodded. “Fair.” 

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For a week afterwards, he would wake up with teeth in his mouth. It ranged to one singular tooth, up to that Friday, when he had woken up with ten teeth missing and regrown in the middle of the night. 

He kept them all for the time being. He wanted to know when this would end. 

Benrey had no clue what was happening, but did confirm that Gordon’s teeth looked like his own now. 

It was... weird. 

When he had finally lost-and regrown-all thirty two teeth, he gathered up his old teeth in a box. Why he continued to keep them, Gordon could not tell you, but he hid them off in a box filled with other random things he kept that he could not explain. 

Whatever. Losing teeth was probably not going to be the weirdest thing that happened during this. 

[tendernxss]

loosing teeth // neck deep

[stardustexplorer102]

Currently panicking about loose front top teeth... They probably aren't but since I had mild random pain (as in a few minutes of sharp pain at my top teeth/gums at Night-Time) on Monday ....

I'm a wreck

I'm also ringing up my dentist tomorrow hoping that they can offer me any suggestions or ... Somewhere that is open for emergencies to see a dentist. And I feel awful about it!

I genuinely could not feel any worse or more embarrassed cause they're kinda used to me at my dentists worrying about this and seriously we are in the middle of a pandemic uggghh. Why am I like this

Chances are my teeth aren't loose but try convincing my messed up brain that. 2 of the top teeth legitimately feel loose and it's been 4 days of hell and sleeping during the day, up at night worrying. Testing by eating hard stuff then panicking that I should only be eating soft, or stopping using my cheap waterpik and maybe I banged my teeth somehow and that's how they're loose and sore.

I'm just a mess

[simply-j0sh]

Neck Deep - Losing Teeth

[aflairformisadventures]

losing teeth // neck deep