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When I first met this beautiful dental nurse, I was having some problem with my teeth. I had two broken molars on the upper and one at the bottom right of my jaw, after receiving a kick on the jaw during martial art training. On her advised I went to see a dentist.
All three stumps had to be removed. It was actually badly decayed and porous right down to the root. Perhaps at that time there were no such thing as root treatment to be recommended, or it was too expensive, I just couldn't remember.

I had never seen a dentist before in my life. Thanks to her advice I had many feeling done to the rest of my molars over a period. After that incident I became more dental conscious and get closer to that dental nurse am married her a year later.

I now knew how to appreciate a clean oral hygiene and eventually took great care of my teeth the conventional way. I manually brush it twice a day, especially after a meal. I floss it, whenever I ate meat or vegetables and rinse it regularly. I make a point to see a dentist regularly for a check up, scaling to remove the dental plaque or polishing.
Thanks GOD and thanks to her once again, I still have the rest of my teeth after thirty years now. What about my wife? She is a dental therapist now, and she had full set of teeth intact and healthy up to the present moment.

A few years ago when the electrical toothbrushes are still rare, a friend of mine bought it. He told me that he didn't expect that the speed is so fast that he cuts his gum and ended up in the dentist's chair. Recently, I met him smiling with a beautiful set of teeth. But, before I asked anything, he told me it was all dentures. He lost all his teeth by reason of halitosis and receding in gums. The enamel exposed and the teeth became more sensitive.

Finally, all had to be removed it one after another. Another friend also used an electrical toothbrush and had experienced the bleeding gums in the beginning. He was a lazy type of person and afraid to see a dentist. He got used to it after sometime. Despite the cost which is too expensive, he still continues using it. He said he had to replace the brushes at least once or twice a month, whereas if manually, the brush can last up to three months. At time the battery totally flat, he ended up using the electric brushes manually also.

There was also time, he forgot to recharge the battery. As time goes by he gave up brushing teeth totally. He endures the pain of loosing his molars one bye one as a consequence of his bad habit. Now, he was left with a dozen front teeth only. They look longer then normal as he is still having the gum problem.

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