The first thing pred did when he found out he had terminal cancer was to cancel his dentist appointments,

"The receptionist at the dentist asked me why I cancelled my future
appointments, and I told her that although I thought their service was
excellent, my teeth are, at this stage, almost certain to outlast me
without any additional care whatsoever. At least I'm going out with a nice
set o' choppers." -hunting.txt

Brett and Greg both had a big thing about teeth too. Prisoners are not given adequate dental care, and so their lack of teeth becomes another mark on their body identifying them as outcasts... "...they are afraid to smile," Brett says.

The Wolf always carried a travel toothbrush in his omnipresent buttpack, and would suddenly brush his teeth in the middle of a restauraunt. But it was only because he knew the value of teeth.

And Misty, our in-house baker and overall excellent cook at the Sous Chef, is facing $10K worth of work, and a dozen teeth lost.

You can tell so much about a person from looking at their teeth. I have brown stains on my canines from a fever I had when I was young. The only reason I have reasonable looking teeth is because I had huge amounts of othodontics applied to teeth that otherwise most likely would have looked rather equine.

So I've begun flossing again after a long respite. "Only floss the teeth you want to keep" was a bit of advice pred used to get from his dentist when he was young. When I floss I am gambling that I will outlast my teeth...