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"That&amp;amp;#8217;s right, ladies and gentleman (I know there has to be at least one of you reading this). I fought off a cavity!Three months ago I thought cracked a molar after chomping down on a chicken bone in some very tasty Moroccan stew. I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t have a dentist so I went to one who came highly recommended by a friend. He fixed what turned out to be mere chip and talked me into a routine cleaning. (Shout out to the NYC&amp;amp;#8217;s Dr. Gause! I know it&amp;amp;#8217;s hard to believe, but that&amp;amp;#8217;s really his name.) I had to sit for ten million years getting every tooth in my mouth x-rayed only to hear, &amp;amp;#8220;Well, you&amp;amp;#8217;re 60% on your way to having a serious cavity.&amp;amp;#8221; To my surprise, he didn&amp;amp;#8217;t want to drill. He said I could heal it on my own with a twice daily routine of rinsing, flossing, brushing, and rinsing again (with Listerine). I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never been much of a flosser. To be honest, my mouth was lucky if it saw thread once a week. But I had been challenged&amp;amp;#8212;and Dr. Gause said he believed in me. And getting used to flossing twice a day (not to mention all that rinsing) wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t as tough as I thought it would be. The result: My new healthy habit totally paid off! I went back for a check up and the silly little cavity-to-be is gone. Hooray! Now I do this twice a day! (But I usually take off my lipstick first.) P.S. Is it wrong to have a schoolgirl crush on your dentist even when he gives you a backhanded compliment? (&amp;amp;#8220;Your mouth is so much cleaner than when I first met you.&amp;amp;#8221; Huh?!?) How about you? Do you floss as often as you should? Do you have a crush on your dentist? For more adventures in dentistry check out these posts from Beth and Sarah. Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on Facebook. Add us to your Google homepage. Photo by Sharon Dominick/Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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