It is wired to feel my teeth squeaky clean. I was like a little kid learning about how to take care of my gum, how important is dental health, also saw some really scary pictures of gums that are not healthy, Hygienist even goes all the way back to the vey basic on how to properly brush your teeth at 45 degree and brush your tongue and he importance of flossing. I have never heard about flossing before I came to Hawaii about 15 years ago. I only know that Chinese in Asia use tooth pick after meal to get the food that stucks in between teeth. We had zero education on dental health.
Now that with three girls, I really need to learn a lot more and to make sure we are more educated about what we do and why we do things. Who knows what the dentist is doing when they are calling all these digits,232, 343, 242.... I didn't know for the past 15 years till I saw dr hayashi. She explain to me that's the measure of the pocket of your gum where it meets your teeth. The greater numbers over 4 are bad for you. Omg. I am learning. I am asking tons of questions. I no longer just sit there but ask question about every single thing that the dentist and hygienist does. A splash stain is always easier to take off than a super old stain, if you don't mentain and take care of your teeth everyday, of course the result is to spend a lot of money fixing them during your appointment. Totally make sense.
