ほろりとぬけた歯ではあるa tooth that dropped out easily enough

歯が、ほろりと抜けた。痛みもなく、あっけない。「ではある」という受けとめ方に、老いをしみじみと認めるまでの、わずかな間がある。A tooth has dropped out, softly. No pain, over in an instant. In the way he takes it — 'well, it is only a tooth' — there is the small pause before one comes, with feeling, to acknowledge old age.