Never go to the supermarket with a sweet tooth and a golden smile.
So tonight I bop in to pick up a couple items and pass by the bulk section of hard candies.
Okay, I’ll admit it, I stole a single Brach’s caramel bite-sized square.
Not two minutes later, I feel this hard thing in my mouth, followed by a gaping hole.
Damn caramel yanks a big gold crown right off!
Not a molar without gold in some form or other for years now so it’s not the first time a crown’s popped off. However, this particular one was done only a few (?) years ago in Tacoma.
So I return to a dentist who not more than six weeks ago placed the latest crown. No matter how I try, dentists and I cannot keep away from one another! Sweeeet that it popped off intact.
Moral of the story: If you’ve got thousands of dollars of dental work and are gonna steal a nibble to satisfy a sweet {ahem} tooth, stick to a chocolate-covered raisin.
Barefoot Blogger 
Jan 05, 2012 @ 05:09:23
Any chance you can turn that into a million-dollar lawsuit against the store, Brach’s and the US Government?
After all, with the price of gold these days, this is attempted robbery with bodily (toothily) harm. LOL
Jan 05, 2012 @ 10:27:33
@capra – hahah oh yeah, I considered including, {ahem} tongue in cheek of course, in the post an intention to sue. Could be my only chance at riches and dammit! I’m gonna learn to become a modern American if it kills me!
Jan 06, 2012 @ 15:03:19
With your dental history, I’m surprised you EVER come near a caramel!
Jan 07, 2012 @ 09:35:14
@lexiemom – The secret is if it’s very super (think scotchmallow), a caramel about twice is year is doable more for sucking than chewing. Unfortunately, it was a much harder caramel than I’d anticipated. Secondly, I was feeling dentally cocky after having had a new crown solidly and securely set no more than two months ago.
Unfortunately, and unbeknownst to me, the cement on the crown *next to it* had aged (too rapidly in too short a time), making it susceptible to popping off, if not by a caramel then something else. With 12 crowns, things like this are bound to occur in the course of a lifetime and caramel chew!