I had a dentist appointment today - no cavities! Woo-hoo!
I have always gotten rave reviews on my teeth. The dentist often says I have "beautiful teeth." I think I'm just lucky in that regard. Not that I don't take care of my teeth, but I don't feel like I put that much work into them. I don't think I ever really wore my retainer after braces like I was supposed to, yet the dentist thinks my teeth are so straight that I must still be wearing my retainer. I'm not a regular flosser, yet the dentist always had said, "You sure do put a lot of work into your teeth." I thought I had him fooled until the last time I went to the dentist. I guess my x-ray showed that my bone density in between my teeth was low or something like that and he told me I needed to be better about flossing. So I made it one of my goals to floss for at least a month straight.
They say it takes at least 3 weeks of doing something every day for it to become a habit, so I made quite a few of my goals for at least that length of time. I don't know why I hate flossing so much, but I'd been putting off starting this goal until the last minute. In fact, I started exactly one month before my dentist appointment! Ha! I managed to remember to do it everyday, and it wasn't that bad. It hurts your gums a lot less the more often you do it!
I got more rave reviews today, but they didn't do the x-ray that checks my bone density, so I don't know if it made a difference.
To be honest, I doubt I will keep flossing everyday, but I think it will become something I do more regularly!
Does anyone out there actually floss everyday?!?! If I was a betting woman, I'd guess maybe only Monica (the dentist) or Heather (the dental assistant).... Anyone else?
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