There are few things that suck more than going to the dentist. In fact, it’s hard to imagine something worse than a root canal. Oh, wait. I just thought of something worse. How about getting an STD while you’re there? Yup. That sucks more.
In my opinion, if you’re going to contract a sexually transmitted disease, you should at least get to have sex. There’s something karmically unfair about “getting clap” without “getting off”.
This brings me to a delightful dental procedure called “transplanting”. It’s a WTF moment if ever there were one.
The above image is a wanted ad looking for front teeth. Let me say that again. The dentist is looking to buy front teeth. I doubt you find that even on Craigslist.
Pretend you’re living in the 1700’s. Your teeth are like everyone else’s. That is to say: Your teeth are rotten, stinking and generally resemble a badger’s ass. What’s a person to do? Here’s a thought. Get some new ones! For the right price, you can get some spankin’ new teeth. Well… Not “new”, really. They’re “slightly used’.
During “transplanting”, the dentist pulls your bad tooth. So far, so good. Painful but not freaky. Not yet. The doc goes into another room that’s filled with desperate bastards willing to sell healthy teeth. Yup. Sell teeth. So, Dr. de Sade extracts a perfectly healthy tooth from one of the blighters.
Helpful Tip: Have a few “donors” on hand in case the first extracted tooth doesn’t fit.
The newly liberated tooth is then jammed into the empty, aching socket of the recipient. The practice fell out of favor when patients began to acquire whatever diseases the original tooth’s owner had. The most commonly contracted disease? Syphilis.
Moral? When you pull out and shove in, you may get an STD. Everyone knows that’s backwards. You need to shove in and then pull out.