#7 Go to the Dentist

We have a love-hate relationship with the dentist...JT loves the dentist and I hate it. He loves to have his teeth cleaned. In fact, he takes better care of his teeth than anyone else I've met. (Seriously, he brushes, flosses, uses mouthwash, whitens...the whole nine yards.) If he had his choice he might visit the dentist every three months. That's probably why his teeth are so white and straight. Personally, I'm okay if I don't see the dentist until I need him. So, after a year of not seeing the dentist (way too long for JT), we bit the bullet (since we don't have dental insurance) and went. Now, to preface, you must understand that before this visit I had never had a cavity on my adult teeth. And JT has only had one cavity after he came back from Korea.

The visit went well until the dentist came in...I had ten cavities and JT had eight. What?!?! How did that happen? Afterwards he explained that we only had a few bigger cavities and the rest were "small cavity spots." (I think he is slightly OCD about "cavity spots.") We came in to get all of the "cavities" fixed a couple days later. Talk about expensive. We will not be visiting the dentist again until we have proper dental insurance. And I'll be honest, my teeth never hurt before I got all of those cavities fixed...and now they kill if I eat anything too sugary. Hmmm. At least we checked another item off our list.

Here is a picture of us after we got our cavities filled. We couldn't feel our faces and my cheeks got a little puffy. Oh, dentists....this is why I do not like to see you.