Paul's Broken Tooth

The official line on the broken tooth that showed so prominently in the Rain and Paperback Writer videos of May 19 and 20, 1966 was that Paul had been riding a moped on December 26, 1966, fell off, and broke his tooth and gashed his lip.
In a  New Musical Express magazine interview of June 16, 1966 (published 6/24/66), Paul discussed the accident and said it had happened "not long ago."  Paul elaborated on the explanation:
     "What about all this 'Didn't Paul McCartney look ill on TV,' then?" he went on, referring to Mama Cass'
     remarks in NME's 'America Calling' last week [would be the week of June 5-11th].  "I haven't been ill.
     Apart from the accident, I'm dead fit.  I know what it was though.  When we filmed those TV clips for
     'Paperback Writer' I'd only just bashed my tooth . . . "

If you take a look at the infamous "Butcher" cover photo [above] which was taken on March 25, 1966, Paul very obviously did NOT have a broken tooth.  So he would have broken his tooth sometime between the end of March and the middle of May, 1966.  Why is this significant?  Because Paul was making a nervously lame public attempt to explain something that was so glaringly out of place and character with Paul.  And, again, I think he wanted to alert the world public that something was VERY wrong in The Beatles' lives and his in particular.