Shiny New Grill

Mr Wheldon has finally set the record just as straight as his teeth.

"I'm going to be married pretty soon, so as my responsibility of fiancée I thought it might be wise to go to the dentist. It's quite a funny story. When I first turned up at the dentist, the guy first got me in the chair; he's a great guy, Dr. (Jerrold) Resnick. I sat down in the chair and he quite calmly said to me, 'So, when was the last time you were at the dentist?' I said, 'I think in nineteen ninety...'

"At that point he just shook his head and said, 'OK, don't tell me any more.' After doing a quick cleaning and a scan of what was needing to be done, I asked him about a tooth that stuck out. And he said, 'Why don't we just fix your whole mouth? And I said, 'Sure, absolutely.'

"But I didn't realize actually the pain that I was going to go through. I've been to the dentist four or five times (since), and the least time I've been in the chair at one of those appointments is 6½ hours. So it's been a lot of work but he's done a great job. It's still not finished. I still have to go two more times."

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OUCH! If you can endure that kind of torture then I promise not to say another word about your supernova-white choppers, big guy. For now.

However, four five appointments lasting at least six hours each only serves to confirm my suspicion that the sadist dental professional serving Mr Wheldon is most assuredly a Danica Patrick fan. And speaking of Fanicas, P1's observation upon gazing at pics of Dan's extreme makeover concerned not his dental work but rather his new(est) hairstyle. "He looks like Jesse McCartney" she dryly noted.