I Don’t Need a Shrink, I Have a Dentist

My new dentist told me today he could tell I was “busy at night” (meaning I’m an active sleeper—I think) and that I was a thinker and a worrier and creative. All because I have strong jaw muscles, which means I clench. But the structure and enamel of my teeth are in excellent shape—I even still have prominent mamelons, those ridges at the ends of the front teeth (although the word comes from the French and refers to something quite different)—which means I don’t grind, back, back, forth and forth. Or side to side.

~ by JT on May 2, 2008.