EASTON, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment after his teenage son tried to pull out his own teeth because he hadn't been taken to a dentist. The Express-Times of Easton reports that 40-year-old Francisco Torres told a Northampton County judge Monday that he "procrastinated" about get the boy dental care. Police say the boy tried to pull out his teeth after complaining of pain for several months. He broke two teeth and needed emergency surgery to have the fragments removed. He is now 14. The Express-Times report says Torres told the court he had insurance problems that contributed to the delay.
Arrest the kid, and throw away the key. Your dad doesn’t take you to the dentist and you pay him back buy ripping your own teeth out? Are you fucking insane. You know how many kids would kill for this? Nobody wants to go to the dentist, your dad was giving you a get out of jail free card (which, ironically, he could use right about now).
My dentist died a few years ago, legit died, and I haven’t been back to a dentists office since. I just figure the dentist/patient relationship is one of those mating for life things, like the penguins or something. You don’t just mourn and move on, pick out some schmuck from the yellow pages and let him start hammering away at your gums with that miniature pitchfork. You go without, you honor your dentist with daily brushings, a mouth wash here and there, and the occasional flossing/paper plate picking to get lunch out from between your teeth.
What you don’t do is pull your teeth out because they were hurting a little bit. You know what hurts, kid? Bloody sockets and teeth ripped in half because someone tried to yank their upper incisor out with a pair of channel locks, that hurts. Know what else is gonna hurt? Living in a foster family because your Dad got locked up for not taking you for regular fluoride treatments, so good luck with that.
