More time and money I don't want to spend

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Damn. I had my twice-yearly dental cleaning this morning. My old dentist has moved to Washington. He left his practice to a new dentist (arg! he looks like he's 20!) who I saw for the first time today. He seemed pleasant, competent, thorough, and has small hands; something I appreciate in a dentist.
But being young, he's a techie and distrusting of old technologies. Apparently, some of my 20 year old dental work is no longer up to snuff. And I should get a one of those swanky new electric toothbrushes, and fancy new mouthwash. Sigh. I knew this day was coming, but I had been hoping to put it off a year or two. Actually, I do get to put some of it off until next year, as everything he wants to do is going to overrun my dental insurance's maximum output. The patient manager is going to call me this afternoon with a two-year plan. Maybe I'll just stay in denial and let the call go to voice mail. This is the sucky part of adulthood.

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My dentist/peridontist who is at least my age if not more, advised me to get an electric brush. It helps protect the gums against receeding. It seems to be doing a good job. The whole family is using it (with different heads) so it's not like I spent $80 on just my toothbrush, which comforts my stingy side.

Check up on the things he wants to do to your dental work otherwise. Back a while ago I did some reading about amalgam fillings, and the advice was to leave them alone unless they are giving you obvious problems. If it's other dental work he's advocating, I have no other advice than to do your research. ;)