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When I was a kid I hated going to the dentist because he always yelled at me (well not yelling but it felt like yelling as a kid). He was always telling me I wasn't brushing enough, flossing enough, etc. I ALWAYS had cavities but I kept going because that was the dentist my parents took everyone in the family to (he was a part of our church). My parent's switched dentist when I was like 18 & so I swtiched too (I was still on their insurance). I didn't like that dentist either so I stopped going after like 2 visits.

Fast forward to when I started working at the doctor's office a few years later & got my own insurance. I decided I better start taking care of my teeth (I have bad gums thanks to my dad). I went back to my first dentist, started out every 6 months like normal. Then when I got prego with #1 the hygentist had me coming in every 3 months to stay on top of my gums problem. I have been going every 3 months since then, we tried 4 months once or twice & she always says nope not working, back to 3 months. I continue to go to them because at one point the dentist tried to get on me about brushing & flossing and the hygenist laid into him that he of all people should know that I have bad gums and reminded him about my dad's gums (Dad comes down from up north when he needs to get work done).

Now my kids go to the same dentist. As a matter of fact I had them in earlier this week so #1 could get a tooth pulled & #2 in for his first visit. They both did wonderfully.

Hubby hadn't been to the dentist in 7 years and when he did go to his he needed valium (& a driver) before going in there so that he could sit through it (he said it was due to his really bad gag reflex). Last year he had a tooth chip at work & he called the emergency number for his (it was like 5:30 AM) and his dentist told him that the office opened at 12 & he could call to see if there were any openings then. Hubby came & woke me up for my dentist's # and they had him in at 9:30 the same morning. He ended up needing 3 teeth pulled that day & had another 4 that needed to come out. He needs more work done now but we waited for the year to turn over so the insurance would start over.