Woe to Paul
Paul has hypodontia.
He went in for his ortho appointment and the orthodontist informed Paul that he has no wisdom teeth and will never have them. Poor Paul! He won't have the pleasure of being loopy without realizing it, and trying to prove he's a manly guy by going to work/school the same day as his extraction (like OJ did, or in the case of school, TRIED to do but I wouldn't let him). And Jim and I lose the opportunity of emptying our wallets as an offering to Maxillarius and Mandibularus, the gods of supernumary teeth (two of the lesser gods in the pantheon of mighty beings who rule over life with teenagers). Alas.
The good news is that the braces are doing the job and will be on only for another nine months.
He went in for his ortho appointment and the orthodontist informed Paul that he has no wisdom teeth and will never have them. Poor Paul! He won't have the pleasure of being loopy without realizing it, and trying to prove he's a manly guy by going to work/school the same day as his extraction (like OJ did, or in the case of school, TRIED to do but I wouldn't let him). And Jim and I lose the opportunity of emptying our wallets as an offering to Maxillarius and Mandibularus, the gods of supernumary teeth (two of the lesser gods in the pantheon of mighty beings who rule over life with teenagers). Alas.
The good news is that the braces are doing the job and will be on only for another nine months.
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Paul is neat in many ways, some of them slightly alarming, bordering on obsessive/compulsive.
I think it's strange that from two parents who never had braces come five children with orthodontia issues (although OJ's will remain unresolved forever unless he wants to pay for having two teeth turned around 180 degrees)
Wait about a year and I can take them out for you!!!
Concerned Citizen