As a dentist, I’m no stranger to the tooth so I faced the tooth, tapped on it and asked, “Ain’t that the tooth?”
When she nodded, I knew the moment of tooth had arrived.
First, I removed its enamel coating to expose the naked tooth and then I filed it down below the gumline until there wasn’t a grain of tooth left in it.
“Is it out?” she asked.
“Yes,” I replied, “Just as you requested, I removed the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.”