I just got back from what was probably the easiest dentist appointment of my life. I’ve been scared into taking much better care of my teeth in the last 6 months. <\/p>\n
In the spring, one area of my mouth was feeling achy, but I couldn’t pin it down. I finally went to the dentist and he found a monster cavity between my teeth which led to multiple visits and replacing a whole bunch of fillings. It was pretty painful for a while. The replacements were cool ceramic tooth-colored ones rather than the ugly silver ones though and you can’t even tell they’re there.<\/p>\n
Anyway since then I’ve been afraid to repeat that experience, so I’ve been more conscious about taking care of my teeth. I love my electric toothbrush<\/A> and it does a great job, but it’s almost too mindless. I used to read while I brushed my teeth, but I found that I would forget to move it around to different areas of my mouth, so no I try to concentrate on brushing for 4 minutes a day. One problem it creates is that it can rub your gums too much and there are a couple spots where my gums have receeded a little because I let it brush too much there.<\/p>\n My biggest problem was flossing. I hated doing it. I tried buying an electric flosser<\/A>, but it didn’t really work. It can’t actually get all the way between your teeth. I bought a Glide floss holder<\/A> and that did work. It gives you a lot more leverage than trying to use your fingers and it’s got an easy dispenser. Now the only problem was getting myself to use it regularly. I found the problem was that when I’m about to go to bed, I’m too tired to floss, nevermind brush and rinse. So I had the idea to leave the flosser in the living room. Anne really hates listening to me floss while we’re watching TV, but I think she’d hate it more if my teeth were all rotting away. I now floss pretty regularly and easily. Ta da!<\/p>\n The hygenist and dentist were impressed. Not much picking at all, except for a few spots that I tend to forget. I was also happy that my dentist didn’t seem to know about my previous rant about dentistry and his Porsche<\/A>.<\/p>\n Afterwards I treated myself to a Jamba Juice. I used to run to the nearest conveience store and buy a ton of candy immediately after I went to the dentist, but I think I’m over that now. <\/p>\n Overall, I’m pretty impressed with myself. My teeth may actually outlive me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just got back from what was probably the easiest dentist appointment of my life. I’ve been scared into taking much better care of my teeth in the last 6 months. In the spring, one area of my mouth was feeling achy, but I couldn’t pin it down. I finally went to the dentist and …<\/p>\n