Another trip to the dentist
Today, I went in for another routine dental check up. I've mentioned it before, but I'll say it again, everytime I go in there I think think they're going to tell me I have a cavity. This comes from the fact that I know that I don't do all those things that one is supposed to do.
My usual dental maintenance consists of brushing in the morning before leaving the house, and brushing at night before I hit the hay. I will occassionally throw in a flossing, but that usually takes me having something stuck in my teeth. Like I said, I know this is less than the optimal routine. However, since the boy arrived, I have been even more slack. There are times at night when I am tired and I just want to go to bed. So, I skip the nightly brushing.
Going in this morning, I had the feeling that this would be the day my lifetime cavityless streak would end. But, I was wrong. They said I looked good. I told them that I had been slack, and they said, "You wouldn't know it. You have great teeth."
I almost asked them if they were sure, but I figured they knew what they were talking about. Here's to another six months of remaining cavity free and not feeling like I deserve it.1
On a completely different note, my wife is an awesome mom.
- back There is probably a parallel to my faith in there. You don't have to look to deep to find it.
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posted by Shannon Smith @ 7/18/2007
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congrats on keeping the streak alive.
i didn't feel the bitterness of the last post about the dentist.
they didn't try to sell you laser treatment or a complete mouth replacement or something else totally unnecessary and expensive?
If you don't have any cavities, how are they going to make any money?
Nah. My dentist is not into all the fancy stuff. He is "no frills". It was Kim's dentist that wanted to do all the stuff with lasers and kitties.
It's funny that you mention the "how are they going to make any money" thing. My dentist says that young dentists want to make a lot of money, but unless you have a large client list that is coming in for regular maintenance, you are not going to make a lot of cash at first. It takes time to build a practice, and they don't want to wait.
He said, "I've been doing this for twenty-some years, and I don't need all that elective stuff to keep me busy. Those kids coming out of dental school these days are part salesman."
They prey on human vainity, and there is definitely a market there.
Geez makes me wonder if I really needed all the cavities filled and the $14 dollar tube of toothpaste the size of a travel one, that you have to get from the pharmacy(it has extra flouride) can we say possible scam? who knows?!?! And knowing I will need root canals, not happy, and braces, maybe, another booo!
Congrats on having perfect teeth, I am jealous!
Wanna trade teeth?
I hate the dentist with a passion unparalelled to any emotion I have ever experienced.
I have good teeth. Except every time I go I have 7 cavaties, even though I am religiously taking care of them. I have crowns, fillings, they reccomended a mouth gaurd becvause I used to grind my teeth, it is a big mess. I have a quadrouple root canal coming up, goodbye wisdom teeth!
I wish they had sedation dentistry for regular visits. Haha. It is that bad!
Congrats on the tooth health!
I am envious of your good dental fortune.
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