Two years of school, a licence, and a job the public still thinks is "cleaning teeth." This is the shirt that finally treats it like what it is. GUARDIANS OF THE GUMLINE arches over an engraved heraldic shield — a single tooth held as the charge, cradled in a laurel wreath — and an unfurled ribbon below states the rule of the order: SCALE · POLISH · PROTECT.
There isn't a joke in it anywhere. The whole category is puns in plain type; this is a coat of arms, drawn properly, in deep plum, teal and terracotta. It's the one a family gives a new RDH at graduation, and the one she keeps.
Printed on the Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex staple tee: soft, true to size, broken in from the first wear. Direct-to-garment printed so the crest sits in the fabric rather than on top of it — the shield's field is left open, so the garment itself shows through as the heraldry intended. Offered in thirteen light shades — vintage white, natural, heather natural, ash, soft cream and more — each one chosen because the engraved palette reads rich against it.
No year, no cohort, nothing to date it. She'll still be wearing it in ten years.
Made to order and printed in about 3–7 business days before it ships. Wash cold, tumble dry low, and skip ironing directly on the print. For the licence, and the years it took.
