You Can't Fool the Dentist

What do you do (or what did your parents tell you to do) before you were about to see the dentist?  Brush your teeth.  Maybe floss them.  You know, get them all cleaned up before your check-up.

Here's the thing, though- you can't fool the dentist.  He or she will immediately be able to tell if you've been brushing your teeth and flossing.  Doesn't matter what you say, doesn't matter what you check on the pre-visit form, doesn't matter how well you brushed right before the visit- if you haven't been doing it consistently, the dentist will know.

You can't fool the dentist.

Sidenote- I never hear of anyone hitting the treadmill quick before his annual physical . . . you know, as if one quick run is going to magically bring down my cholesterol or blood pressure . . .

We can tend to see life as a series of performance checks- be it at work, at school, with a dentist, and even church.  But if we have no daily structure (or discipline or habits) supporting those performance checks, then we can do all we want right before the check, and it won't matter, because we can't fool the dentist.