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Introduction
Jon was so
handsome, he could have worked as a fashion model. At 19, his broad
shoulders, strong jaw line, and dark hair drew admiring glances from
co-eds on the small Midwestern campus where he was studying government
affairs. Jon often zoomed from class to class on his bike, peddling with
an effortless grace. It wasn’t clumsiness or ineptitude that caused him
to crash one blustery fall afternoon—just bad luck, the edge of his
wheel catching an unseen concrete edge. As he plunged downward, Jon’s
mouth hit the bike’s handlebar. And though he was able to get up and
dust himself off, Jon immediately realized that the blow had knocked out
one of his two front teeth. After a moment of searching, he found the
missing incisor and hurried to the campus health center. He felt glum,
but he told himself not to worry. “It’s the 21st century,” he reassured
himself. “They can fix these things.”
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