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Had went over to my dentist on Saturday to do a simple filling on one of the tooth at the bottom. As the way it grow has kind of resulted it having a little hole near to the gum area, which makes the tooth prone to decay and even gum disease. Thus during my last visit, my dentist actually suggested covering up the hole with a simple filling. So made an appointment and see her on Saturday to get the job done.

Overall a simple process where she first cleaned the tooth up, then proceed to cover up the hole with some ’stuffs’ then used some strong lights to solidify the filling and polish it a little so that the colour kind of blend in with the colour of the tooth, and viola.. the job is done. Whole process took less than like half and hour.

Of course with every dentist visit, the topic of me putting on braces to solve the crowding problem on my teeth will come up. She is coming from the point of easy cleaning, thus lower the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. For me, my point of view is the cost, the pain and the inconveniences for at least a good 2 years during the process. So that is the reason why till now I still don’t want to have braces on.

Anyway, will see how it goes as currently my teeth are still pretty ok and so long as I keep up with the constant brushing,flossing and the regular 6 monthly visits to the dentist. It should be ok.

I guess, it is important to ensure our teeth are also being taken care of, as I notice most people tend to neglect this aspect of their health care. Well, its important to not only have nice looking set of teeth, it has to be healthy too, and most of the time, problems happening to the teeth won’t show up until it is in a rather serious condition. So take care of the tooth eh.