Welcome to The Moth, I'm Suzanne Rust.
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws in theaters,
which we probably gave away by playing that clip up top.
But you know what this means?
This episode is going to be full of stories about, you guessed it, teeth.
Yes, we're looking at Jaws, literal Jaws,
with stories about dentists, oral care, and mouths of all types.
Because sharks are scary, but real terror?
That's waiting to get a root canal.
First up is Alexis Trucey,
who told this at a moth education story slam at Beacon High School in New York City,
where the theme of the night was risk.
Here's Alexis live with the moth.
I've always had a Jay Leno chin.
And for those of you who don't know who Jay Leno is,
I sort of look like the crimson chin from Tinney Turner.
And I attribute this elongated chin to a stark underbite that I had.
And so my orthodontics career, and we're going to call it a career,
started in third grade with a palate expander.
And then it moved to a headgear.