A dentist appointment has never been my friend. I would love to be one of those people, like my son, that can go to the dentist and be told, “Good check up! See you again in 6 months!” No, what I got to hear from the dentist was what my next painful procedure would be! One dentist put a digitized picture of my teeth onto the office computer screen. He was using technology to draw attention to all of the work needed in my mouth. As he would draw circles around the bad teeth, like a swirling Doppler radar, he would summons his dental assistant to see the decay displayed on the screen. I would remind him, with gauze in my mouth, he should be happy that there was so much work to be done; I was responsible for sending his kids through college! After that appointment, I found another dentist. Sorry, kids, no Harvard for you!! I couldn't understand why I had such teeth trouble. It wasn't like I ate rocks coated with sugar every day! One dentist answered my question by st...