"You need to see an orthodontist, Mr. Vandeveer. In your later life, you might spend much time with orthodontists." Dr. Mukherjee delicately turned a sheet of hospital paper. "If you were not American . . . or if you lived thirty years ago, which is to say the same thing . . . then you would have been badly disfigured last night. Yes, marked for life. Very unfortunate. But not today. No. Today you will be fully restored to quite normal appearance. They do wonderful things with teeth now. Although the lip, the lip concerns me."