Tip-top teeth

Pale and wobbly, the cowardly dental patient continued on with normal life, having been assured that all could have been much, much worse (and far, far more expensive). (Aside: There used to be Tip Top baked goods in this country, but now the brand seems to exist in Australia, as a division of Geo. Weston, which I recall as a Canadian biscuit company. U.S. Tip-Top bread brought the Cisco Kid and Pancho.)