Hey there! To be honest, one of the reasons why I'm starting this blog besides my interest in all things teeth is because a few of my friends at university have made some pretty gnarly sites of their own. They're chill people. And they have cool sites. Seriously!!
To be honest again, from the time I began this entry a brief while ago to NOW (it's currently 4:08 am in socal), I admit that I have checked out my teeth in the mirror. I have 32 of them. Yes! that means I've been lucky enough to keep all four of my wisdom teeth, and I would say they're somewhat aligned in this pretty awesome U shape. Oh, and they're not horrendously yellow!
This brings me to another reason why I'm starting this blog.
I admit that I have this platonic ideal for perfect pearly whites. I know I just completely massacred the usage/meaning of 'platonic ideal'. But so do thousands and thousands (and possibly millions) of Americans. I mean that these thousands and thousands of Americans also share this platonic ideal, but I'm sure many of them butcher its usage too.
I can tell you now that this blog will have a number of entries.
This number may be small.
Some entries will just encapsulate my seemingly/clearly random musings/experiences/ridiculous moments with teeth, while other entries may be a bit more serious where I'll ramble about disparities in oral health, social stratification as a result of good and bad teeth, Dentists Without Borders (YES they exist! dentists ARE doctors!!), the impression your good or bad teeth give to your peers/employers/first dates, and the media's glorification of the platonic ideal.
To avoid any confusion and the inevitable snarky thoughts of "oh this meathead doesn't know what the platonic ideal REALLY is," from now on, my (self-proclaimed) definition of the platonic ideal will refer to people wanting perfectly straight, whitened, and decently sized teeth.
Sweet! I'm actually exhausted right now. But another reason why I birthed er am birthing this blog is because of some sudden spur of passion.
Here's to this passion lasting and bursting randomly (in a good way) for the future and to spectacular oral hygiene!
Eric
