Dana L. Yeoman, DDS
Dentures and Implants
New Year, New Smile
Site last published: 11/10/11
New Year...New Smile
Well, here we are, at the beginning of a new year. Many look at this as an opportunity to make resolutions they never intend to keep. Most of those resolutions are for our own well being but the kids (or grandkids, or dogs, or whatever) get in the way of taking care of ourselves. There is always next year, we say, to lose the weight, get in shape, take care of those teeth that have outlived their usefulness, or get the new dentures you've been promising yourself for years (The ones that will give you your lip back, look more like you before life with dentures, or let you eat again).
How soon you have forgotten that the holiday meals were miserable, only able to eat the mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, longing for the cookies and other goodies but not able to eat them. How many of you thought to yourself, "I'll call and make a dental appointment as soon as the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over?" You promised yourself at that moment that you would not go through another holiday season like this one again.
What you didn't recognize was that your daughter, sitting next to you, noticed the lack of enthusiasm at the dinner table. Moreover, your wife noticed that you didn't eat more than one rum ball when you winced with pain after tasting the first sweet bite. Then there may be the neighbor, who brings you peanut brittle every year, noticed that it was still on the dish at the New Year's party. Who doesn't love to see the satisfied look on your face only a bite of delicious Christmas fudge can bring? Your family does! Your family and friends have seen your smile fading over the years and it makes them sad for you. Think of it as giving. You give your smile to people all day long. Your kids, grandkids, the grocery clerk... it can go on and on.
So, this simple promise you made to yourself, the promise to get your smile healthy, might not be the selfish resolution you thought. Are you willing to resolve to do something for yourself and those who care about you? The beginning of a new healthy smile is only a phone call away.
Dana L. Yeoman, D.D.S.
Second Smile Denture Care
3301 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Tel: 661-325-1263
Well, here we are, at the beginning of a new year. Many look at this as an opportunity to make resolutions they never intend to keep. Most of those resolutions are for our own well being but the kids (or grandkids, or dogs, or whatever) get in the way of taking care of ourselves. There is always next year, we say, to lose the weight, get in shape, take care of those teeth that have outlived their usefulness, or get the new dentures you've been promising yourself for years (The ones that will give you your lip back, look more like you before life with dentures, or let you eat again).
How soon you have forgotten that the holiday meals were miserable, only able to eat the mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, longing for the cookies and other goodies but not able to eat them. How many of you thought to yourself, "I'll call and make a dental appointment as soon as the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over?" You promised yourself at that moment that you would not go through another holiday season like this one again.
What you didn't recognize was that your daughter, sitting next to you, noticed the lack of enthusiasm at the dinner table. Moreover, your wife noticed that you didn't eat more than one rum ball when you winced with pain after tasting the first sweet bite. Then there may be the neighbor, who brings you peanut brittle every year, noticed that it was still on the dish at the New Year's party. Who doesn't love to see the satisfied look on your face only a bite of delicious Christmas fudge can bring? Your family does! Your family and friends have seen your smile fading over the years and it makes them sad for you. Think of it as giving. You give your smile to people all day long. Your kids, grandkids, the grocery clerk... it can go on and on.
So, this simple promise you made to yourself, the promise to get your smile healthy, might not be the selfish resolution you thought. Are you willing to resolve to do something for yourself and those who care about you? The beginning of a new healthy smile is only a phone call away.
Dana L. Yeoman, D.D.S.
Second Smile Denture Care
3301 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Tel: 661-325-1263