Regular Checkups

With the current state of the economy many people are looking to save their hard-earned dollars. Healthcare is important and expensive, yet there are areas where you can be thrifty without adversely affecting your health.

Dentist

If you don't have have any chronic dental conditions such as gum disease, you really can get by on only one cleaning/scaling a year, if not less. If you're doing your job at home, i.e. regular brushing and DAILY flossing (yes, daily!) there is no perceptible difference to the trained eye between patients who have a cleaning every six months and those who do so annually. Although the dental hygienist is basically taught to guilt-trip you into coming in every six month by telling patients they have all sorts of 'build-up', believe me if you're flossing and brushing properly the hygienist really is bluffing. A recent review of dental studies from researchers at the University of North Carolina and in the UK confirms this by failing to establish an advantage in more frequents visits. The review couldn't detect a difference between getting a cleaning once every six months and once every TWO years!