Fun at the Dentist

Monday, April 18, 2005

Car Maintenance and Your Teeth

Last week one of my friends was complaining that the brakes on her car needed to be repaired, and that it was going to cost a fortune. She also mentioned that she had been told that she needed to replace the pads (for a fraction of the cost), but she just never got around to doing it. Now the problem was much worse!

Today a 23yo girl came in complaining of a toothache. She said that it had been bothering her for several months, but now had become worse. I looked through her chart, and noticed that she had several cavities noted a few years ago, but that she had no showed on several of her appointments, and then had refused to come in altogether.

The tooth was extracted because the decay had eaten through the tooth.

Like car problems, if you do not get your tooth problems addressed, they will get worse!!!

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