Want to take a guess??

I went to the dentist yesterday before the storm hit Tulsa. I knew my teeth were bad b/c I had some dental work done in KC a couple of years ago. Want to guess how many cavities I have?? Well the answer is 7. Ugh. I also found out that I grind my teeth at night, apparently pretty bad too. I had to start wearing a mouth guard at night to protect my teeth. I have grinded(is that a word?) away a filling I had over where I had a root canal done a couple of years ago, and I have cracked one other filling b/c of the grinding. It was kind of weird to sleep with the mouth guard last night- not as bad as I thought it would be but still weird. It just made my top teeth feel weird in the morning. I did learn that this will help the almost chronic headaches I get. Almost everyday I have a constant headache and the dentist said this will help alleviate those. Apparently the clenching of the jaw and grinding are good causes of headaches and jaw problems. And today I didn't have a headache after wearing the mouth guard. Sweet relief! I'll take feeling like a football player at night if it will help with the headaches!

So next month we will continue our dental visits as Sean has a cavity to fill, Ethan is getting sealant put on his teeth, and I go back to finish my cleaning and probably start on my cavities too. We ran out of time with the cleaning b/c I have so many issues and they were trying to squeeze everyone in before the ice came. Good thing the office is 5 minutes from our house!