Hygiene 101

I feel very strongly that we take teeth for granted, albeit I am currently missing one, have many cavities throughout, one root canal covered with a fake tooth and two teeth covered with temporary fake teeth but that being said, I still feel the same. How is that someone who flosses regularly and brushes a minimum of twice a day can have that many problems yet my husband missing brushing for days has a clean bill of teeth health??!! I'm bewildered.

I think my teeth are extraordinary. They have personality and feelings! In fact they felt very strongly and protested greatly a few months ago when my previous root canal got infected and I required surgery....that same tooth felt so much that it cried out in pain when half of it fell out while I was driving! They feel attacked each visit to the dentist, I am certain, and they protest with each touch of the drill so I end up requiring 5 to 6 needles to sedate them just to calm them down! Who needs to feel their eyeball for three days anyway!

Although my teeth are one of a kind they are quite moody, they've become people of their own and I'm certain my Second Bicuspid has assisted in voting this last fall!

What's done now is done and I can't help but a small part of me wishes to trade in all my teeth for a newer and better model, just like one would a car or better yet just go without!(don't tell them I said that!)....unfortunately my current Dr. refuses to assist me in this matter and so I plead with the public to sign a petition on my behalf! "What's the Beef! Remove the Teeth!" I always say. My husband is also shocked over my rude little Chiclets and insists that removing them is the best thing to do, he's quite adamant they leave immediately and I wake up often in the middle of the night with pliers beside my pillow and a guilty look on his face! I know deep down, he's just trying to help but it's getting a little creepy!

So, the end of my rant is this....treat your teeth with respect, love them, take them out for dinner, anything to keep them at peace because when war breaks out, only THEY win! Take it from one who's a veteran, Save The World, One Tooth At A Time...before it's too late.

Here I am....waving my little white flag of surrender...the teeth have won this battle....sigh, this time!