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Dentistry... ENJOY!!

Over the years, I have found there to be a sort of universal saying that goes along with anything pertaining to food or eating. It used to be that I noticed it when I frequented Chinese restaurants. I would place my family's order, usually ordering way more than we needed for that meal so we could take home the rest for the next day, and then I would dig into the noodles on the table. Upon the waitpersons' arrival and serving our feast, he or she would always, and I mean always, upon placing the last dish, say "enjoy". Enjoy... as if the kitchen staff had gone out of their way to make all this food only for my family that night. Enjoy.... just hearing it being said after our meal was served made me feel great, like royalty.

Nowadays, it seems like I hear it being said all the time. Whenever we eat out, the server emphatically states "enjoy", before departing our table. I would like to think that the establishment is proud of the food they serve and are grateful that we want to spend our hard earned money there. I feel like my presence is recognized by this saying..."enjoy". Recently, while buying groceries at a local supermarket I had the same type of encounter. After loading all the goodies into my cart, the cashier looked up and stated a sincere "enjoy". The interesting thing is that now some of the individual food manufacturers are placing this on their foodstuffs. I was opening a can of peaches for a snack when I noticed that it said on the top of the can "Enjoy by 7/9/04". By this point I'm sure all of you are wondering why a dentist is writing all this stuff. Well, there is a reason for my madness, so to speak.

I stated before that the saying "enjoy" goes with things associated with food and eating. While it is possible to eat some foods without teeth, having them surely improves the process. I would like to group all kinds of things dentists see and do on a daily basis into one sentence, and then follow things with my new favorite word. For the person who finally gets the willpower to have all his hurting teeth taken care of... for the person who finally finds out that replacing your missing teeth makes your life better... for the person who has lost her self esteem because of an accident that knocked her front teeth out, and has finally decided to get some implants and crowns to get her beautiful smile back... to the elderly person in a nursing home whose denture keeps dropping out and has finally decided to have a new one made...to the people that have all their life not smiled a lot because they had teeth that were too dark or crooked or chipped or any combination of these, and have finally had a beautiful set of porcelain veneers or crowns placed... ENJOY!!!

 

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