I was coming on here to ask this very same question. I like my dentist, and have had lots of issues with my teeth, and have just accepted that and all the work/surgeries that have been necessary.
But after my reg cleaning visit today, where I was as usual told my teeth look great, and then they scraped the crap out of them and made all my gums bleed and I cried and vetoed flossing or polishing, I had an epiphany . . . see how this rings for you OP.
If I vow to continue to care for my teeth as best as I can at home, and get informed about other things I can do to support my teeth, could I not schedule check-ups, not cleanings, every 6 months or year? So afer my cleaning my dentist comes in and checks me out. That to me is the useful part, that he feels around, looks for signs of anything, etc . . . so why not ditch the painful scraping and cleaning and simply get the check-up?
I know some will post that the scraping serves a purpose, and I do not deny this, nor am i dissing dental hygeinists (sp?). but I am no longer able to ignore my gut feeling that subjecting my body to that torture every year is not a necessary evil, and there is another side to this issue.
Thoughts?
But after my reg cleaning visit today, where I was as usual told my teeth look great, and then they scraped the crap out of them and made all my gums bleed and I cried and vetoed flossing or polishing, I had an epiphany . . . see how this rings for you OP.
If I vow to continue to care for my teeth as best as I can at home, and get informed about other things I can do to support my teeth, could I not schedule check-ups, not cleanings, every 6 months or year? So afer my cleaning my dentist comes in and checks me out. That to me is the useful part, that he feels around, looks for signs of anything, etc . . . so why not ditch the painful scraping and cleaning and simply get the check-up?
I know some will post that the scraping serves a purpose, and I do not deny this, nor am i dissing dental hygeinists (sp?). but I am no longer able to ignore my gut feeling that subjecting my body to that torture every year is not a necessary evil, and there is another side to this issue.
Thoughts?
