Dentist

In April of 2009 I finally dragged myself into a dentist chair after too many years of "putting it off." The longest time I had spent away from a dentist was seven years, and when I finally DID go back, I had one tiny cavity, so naturally I was feeling pretty cocky. As the dentist reviewed my x-ray with me, I noticed that there were too many red markings on my chart than I thought there should be. Not only did I have to get all my wisdom teeth pulled, but I had ten cavities my friends. TEN. I had been trying a new diet craze called The Cookie Diet where you eat these special diet cookies and drop weight like crazy. (No joke... I lost over 20 pounds.) However, the cookies rotted away at my teeth. I must have cried the whole way home after finding out the news about my poor teeth.

However, this story does have a happy ending. Last week I returned to the dentist for my very last filling and to review my new x-rays, and I am pleased to say that I have a clean bill of health!I have been a flossing machine this past year, and I am determined to never get a cavity again. Those fillings ain't cheap! The moral of the story is FLOSS. Make it a habit. Oh yeah... and don't go on any Cookie Diets.