For dentist with tyro debt, repaying is like pulling teeth

November 13, 2012

VACAVILLE, Calif. — His jaw clenched underneath a blue surgeon’s mask, Opanin Gyaami jerks his right arm and pulls out a prize: a unkempt tooth of studious Larry Butler, also famous as state jail invalid J22312.

By a time he is done, Gyaami’s smock and facade are speckled with a inmate’s blood. He kindly pats Butler on a shoulder and wishes him well.

The 71-year-old dentist reports to a state jail in Vacaville day after day, prolonged past retirement age. He wishes he could have hung adult his cavalcade and forceps years ago, though he’s still profitable off a tyro loan.

After borrowing

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