"...But not too much of your foul oil of cloves. I want to be able to taste things..."
--DLS, "In the teeth of the evidence"

I do not necessarily submit this as advice, but it did automatically come to mind.
Commiserations! Loosing a chunk of tooth biting into a nectarine seems very unfair.**
I may have to get you to resend me Grendal's Mother. Why does lj always go crazy when I'm away from my computer?

** "And when I tried the apple sauce / I heard it crunch." --Young MC, "It's off to the principal's office you go." [It also came to mind]