Pearly grins

My friend has advised me to go to a Plano Dentist because she doesn’t feel my teeth are white enough. Now, if my teeth were stained badly and/or in need of serious repair I would consider, but I don’t feel I look that bad. Of course, I could probably use a little work.

I have had some work done in that area the last couple of years. I felt a lot better about my smile after that. And being able to eat corn on the cob. :) My own experience wasn’t unpleasant, though a little costly, and I have had my teeth longer than my mother and her sisters. That’s definitely a good thing. We all are cursed with soft enamel and bad teeth. It didn’t help, of course, that growing up they were too poor to go to a dentist—and that dentistry wasn’t very important in the foothills of Appalachia at the time. So I feel good that I’ve gone this long with all of my teeth except the wisdoms. Why does that even sound good in this day and age?

There are a lot of people in this region that don’t feel that dental work is important and so you see a lot with no teeth or badly aligned dentures. It’s not uncommon to see young people getting dentures and children having badly decayed teeth because of bad dental hygiene (and soda in bottles). There’s a lot of education in the school systems, but kids learn from what they see at home too. And if the expense of a dentist isn’t something that someone can afford—even with government help—there’s nothing that anyone can do. The kids grow up and eventually lose their choppers. It’s a sad thing, and becoming less common, but it’s true. I’d love to see more health care professionals (not just dentists) encourage healthy oral hygiene and care, because it is risky to have bad teeth.

Before I got my work done I had to take antibiotics everytime I had dental work done, because my gums were bad. And, at the time, they believed that it would prevent me from developing a heart infection. Yes, a heart infection. Apparently the bad bacteria travels through the blood stream and is quite dangerous. Yet not many public and health officials demand better availability of dental care. That’s just a shame.

I am considering visiting a dentist to get my crown repaired and replaced. We’ll see if I’ll go for the whitening. I might be able to use a little sparkle in my grin.

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