Always floss after eating popcorn!!!


Had a toothache after all that dental work last month. Thought something was wrong with my tooth. Went back to the dentist this morning (actually finally got to meet the other dentist in the office...the husband of my dentist) and he asked if I had eaten any popcorn. (why yes, now that you mention it) I told him I had some last week when this pain started.

So, he got out the water squirter thingie, and the pointy scrapy thingie and cleaned out inbetween where the tooth was hurting. Said there was some popcorn in there and what looked like some debris (maybe an actual piece of the old filling he thought) from when I had my teeth worked on last month. (or just more popcorn) and the pain is all gone now.

And, even more important than the pain being gone, he didnt charge me for the visit! Whoohoo!!!

So, even tho popcorn is a tasty treat (especially the Orville Redenbacher's Salt & Cracked Pepper popcorn! Mmm!), I have to remember now to floss and make sure it's not hiding anywhere in my teeth when I'm done.

I'm just glad it's not anything horrible. I was all worried I was going to have to have more dental work.

I think I'll go buy some floss now...and brush my teeth some more. Yay! no more dental work till I get the last of my fillings fixed and replaced this summer!

I hate flossing, but I think I'll get over that just so I can enjoy popcorn some more. Either that or buy Jelly Belly's popcorn flavored jelly beans. (Oooo! I'm hungry for Jelly Bellies now! Good thing I got some for Easter!)