True story

Early Friday morning, Dr. Smith was busy working in the lab, so I asked him “What are you working on?”

He replied, “I’m putting a set of dentures back together. His dog ate them.”

Seriously? I had to hear more about this story – so I talked with the fellow to hear the whole thing. Here’s the story:

Our patient has a 100 pound blue bitbull named Champ. Champ is a great dog. Well, for dinner that night, our patient enjoyed some barbecue ribs. After dinner, he relaxed on the couch, watched a little tv, drank a couple beers and fell asleep. As usual, he took out his denture and set it aside.

His son (who lives with him) came in about 1am and good, ole’ Champ came to the door to greet him – wearing his Dad’s dentures! Being a good son, he took the denture from Champ and put it up in the container in the bathroom where it’s always kept.

Next morning, when our patient wakes up, his son is grinning at him, “So, Dad, how’s your teeth?”

“They’re fine.”

Son says, “Are you sure?”

Our patient says, “Well, they’re right here in the bathroom container where they always are.”

Son says, “Are they alright?”

That’s when our patient heard the rest of the story – and then called us first thing in the morning to see what we could do. With 40+ years experience, Dr. Smith was able to work his magic. He rebuilt the entire back of the denture, luckily Champ hadn’t eaten away any of the teeth, so Dr. Smith added the pink gum section. With a reline to fit the newly-formed denture, our patient was thrilled to walk away with his original denture, fitting well for only $400 (the cost of the reline). He was especially happy to have avoided the cost of a brand new denture (normally around $1300) since his was only a year old!

Our patient said now he knows that Champ really loves barbecue – and the guys at work are still laughing.