I have troll teeth

(notmymouthbutikindofwish?)

So so so... when my baby teeth fell out and the ones I have now started growing in, I very quickly realized there was something... off... about them.

1. They were HUGE. Before I grew into them, I got nicknamed Goofy, and likened to a horse by the genius bullies at my school. Eventually I grew into them but they're still kinda huge.

2. I had fangs. My eye teeth came out in front of my front teeth so I looked like the love child of Nosferatu and Gary Busey. This caused me to bite the inside of my upper lip all the time until it got really swollen and raw.

3. Some of my molars grew in sideways? Like... They grew into my mouth, not up. It was odd.

So my dentist sent me to get braces. Since dental care is insanely expensive in Iceland, my mom got a second job to pay for them. Good times. Also, this made the bullies come at me way harder, with incredibly unoriginal insults, which was great.

Two or three painful years later, I got my braces off, and showed up to school with a bright, happy, perfect smile. Minus the fact that my teeth were still too big for my face. Oh, well.

I still have a gap behind my right eye tooth from where they pulled a tooth, another one was supposed to grow back but then it didn't, and I didn't think much of it, just didn't smile very wide, until a couple of years ago when I noticed a bump in my mouth. I went to my dentist, he took some x-rays and told me it was the tooth that was missing. Except it's coming out of the roof of my mouth instead of the gap where it's supposed to go!

I was supposed to get painful and expensive surgery to put it in it's place but I've been putting it off, partly because I'm scared of the pain and I hate anesthesia but mostly because I'd rather spend the money on shoes and food.

And now, I think it's coming out on its own so maybe, mayyybe, I can avoid the surgery and just get braces instead! Happy days!

Except... I'll be a 23 year old with braces.