You Asked For It!!!

Ok! Well, many of you have asked me to post dental advice on this blog. I have hesitated to do that because basically all of my friends don't need dental advice because the all have good teeth-Trust me, couldn't be your friend if not. Anyways, lately, I have been getting THE worst patients of my career and because this office is so techno-savvy I can take pictures of patient's teeth and show them how gross they are to make them understand.
Everyone has been SO shocked that I have blogged so much this week, so I thought I would give you all a REAL shocker! If you have a weak stomach-you may not want to progress further if you can help it! The funny thing about that is that I faint at the EYE doctor and this is what I do everyday! Don't ask me to explain that one.




This is a 19 year old boy who just can't seem to remember to brush his teeth. He doesn't even brush everyday! GROSS! I have NO tolerance for this nonsense and I told him that too!! You can prevent this plaque from forming on your teeth just by brushing for 2 minutes everyday!
I mean SERIOUSLY!! This is the worst kind of patient for me-nasty, nasty! We call this "Fuzzy Sweater Mouth"



This is a 55 year old man who hasn't been to the dentist in over 25 years. He had a dentist stick a needle through his cheek or lip or something and feared the dentist so bad that he just never went. The first picture is the day I first saw him. The second picture is after 2 appts that were 3 hours long each. I cleaned his right side at one appt and his left side at another. I thought he was going to have a stroke in my chair-you should have seen this 400 lb man hanging over my chair all hooked up to the Nitrous (laughing gas), blood pressure cuff taking his BP every 3 minutes, and headphones. And then there was me, the little hygienist that could hardly even wrap my arms around the man to clean his teeth. It was EXHAUSTING! Now do you see why I don't blog daily-my arms are too tired after work!

Thankfully, many of us will not have to experience this problem due to the MANY advances in dentistry while we were young. Thank goodness for sealants. This is a typical broken tooth/filling. Those old silver fillings start to break down and cause cracks in your teeth. Eventually, if the crack gets to large before you replace the filling with another filling or a crown, your tooth will break! Bummer. So, if your dentist tells you that you need to get a crown because of a crack or that you have some older silver fillings to replace, Just Do It!! Don't let this happen-it is way more involved!

I hope I didn't gross too many of you out. I suggest scheduling your 6 month hygiene visit today if you are overdue! Hahaha...Have a great day-Tomorrow's FRIDAY!!! Yippee!!!

The Things I Miss While at Work!

Abby: The original Princess! In "Princess Heaven" all dressed up~she is just going to burst!

Reid: The sweet, oblivious princess: "What is going on here? My belly is way too full of Chick-fil-A to be wearing this get up!"

Mallory: The tough princess thinking that she is ready to get up and defeat the evil stepmother.

Busy, Bored, and Babysitting-Nothing New!

Dropping off the face of the blogging world is pretty easy to do~It's getting back in the mode of writing that is hard. The problem is that nothing too exciting has been going on here in the last month and a half. We certainly have been busy! Seems like there is always something keeping our calendars full. I have been a part of a fun bible study-mentoring-cooking class once a week. There are just 10 of us and 6 mentors who teach us some delicious recipes, have a great bible study on being a better Christian woman, and then we dine on the amazing food that two of the mentors have made. It is like going to III Forks every Thursday night~especially because the house we have it at is AMAZING! It is a little touch of heaven each week. Sometimes we have to laugh at the generational differences but overall it has been great getting to know these women. (I will be going on a diet after it's over though!!)

Brad and I both got a TERRIBLE stomach virus last week. Brad came down with it on Sunday and I was SHOCKED because he NEVER gets stomach problems. I was so impressed that he got it and I didn't! Until Monday morning!!!! I came down with it 10 times worse than Brad and didn't go to work for 3 days! If I had to miss 3 days sure wish I had been on the beach somewhere!

Once we do get a free moment though we don't know what to do. Yesterday I was so bored because I actually had some free time to myself. I did end up getting quite a bit done though which was nice and has made Sunday afternoon very relaxing!

Tonight Reid gets to spend the night with us! Very excited about that! I just love her little expressions-always curious and hilarious. Seems since we have been sick we haven't played with our nieces in a while! I miss them-we got to love on Emily at church this morning and she is getting so active-she runs a close second to Reid on the noise making! She is so cute and has the funniest giggle. Well, there's my update! Sorry so boring-I will try to come up with some fabulous and outrageous stories soon! Until next month????