subject: Expensive Dental Mistakes You Need To Know [print this page] In the course of my day to day work in the office, I get to learn from quite a few of my buddies. The stories they tell me are often unusual. Most of them are related to dental health but I also get to hear tales about peoples' experience in overcoming other disease conditions as well.
One of the anecdotes I I learned about a few days ago was from a co-worker of mine. She bought an intriguing device from close by store. It was a device that ensured to help make her teeth much healthier. She had a dental appointment in less than 2 weeks from the time she bought the device. I I doubted that two weeks was sufficient time for this gadget to work its magic, and she had even less than that amount of time.
The results were exceptional. She said that the hygienist told her that her gums are in perfect health. She was positively elated. This was a lady who had, just a couple of months before spent thousands on an oral surgery to help her teeth.
Her excitement was short lived, just a short time later, she was being told that she needed another 'deep cleaning' treatment. This is also known as a scaling and root planing or SRP treatment.
She called me back afterwards, she was very displeased over this constant 'need' for expensive dental work. She was having a difficult time understanding why she had spent so much money and continued to need even more treatments!
I understand her feelings all to well. Although I narrowly avoid the first costly treatment that was recommended to me by my dentist, I still fear the idea of getting charged for something that ultimately is only a treatment that will really likely need to be repeated later on. This is what she found so aggravating!
There are various things that can be done to promote dental health from home. In fact, if you quiz any dental professional they will tell you that, what you do at home has a larger impact on your dental health than what they can do for you in their offices.
In spite of that, as patients we are hardly told WHAT to do at home beyond simple brushing and flossing. Unfortunately, the same professionals will tell you that up to 75% of the population suffers from some form of gum disease right now! The only reasonable conclusion is that most people need more to gain and maintain their dental health than mere brushing and flossing has to offer!
We are in need of a radical change in home dental health care. And the answer to this is the electric toothbrush! We have all definitely seen ads about this device on TV, it's really a new innovation. You can brush like a professional, with it's fully automated brushing motion that mimics a dentist cleaning tool, you will quickly notice a big improvement in your dental health with a little more than 4 uses. You will notice your teeth being cleaner and whiter, just like the feeling you have after visiting your dentist.
Your dentist will be delighted to see the health of your dental health improve. Since tooth decay really is the number one cause of tooth loss, you can bet that getting this area of your life under control can really help you to save your teeth and even keep them while you get older even while your friends may be getting more and more tooth replacements in the form of implants or dentures.
Having and keeping your own natural, living teeth is superior to having either implants or dentures. As the old saying goes: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"!
