Our father’s lower teeth dentures were missing since
the time of his hemorrhage. They were
removable; he was supposed to get them out every night before hitting the bed. We
were on the lookout for them. Well, to
be precise my sister was. She asked everyone - at the first hospital he was taken to, to the
neighbors who took him there, to any and
every staff who came in contact with our father at the specialty hospital where
he was later admitted. No luck. Dentures weren't to be found.
We got home, months passed, urinary infections visited us a
ton of times, my sister still didn’t forget the dentures. I couldn’t understand what the fuss was all about. Yes, our father could eat orally, but it was more
of swallowing than chewing, so I didn’t see the urgency for tracking down the
missing dentures.
Bowing to the pressure from his wife and being a dentist
himself my brother-in-law took our father to his mentor who is a leading
prostodontist in our city. The Doctor
was a good acquaintance of our father and obliged all of us – my sister, my
brother-in-law, my nine year old niece, our nurse and myself in his examination
room.
In mere two visits, he made a
brand new beautiful set of dentures. A piece
for art. Not just an expert in
his field, but being a generous man, he refused any money. Surely our tooth fairy.
Now our father can chew few morsels at a time, although this
may not be directly related to the dentures, but he does look good with a full set
of teeth. Voila!
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