Giving due credit

For the first time in years, ages, eons, I've passed my routine dental exam with flying colors. this is a cause for excitement because that means no emergency root canals or implant reattachments or cavity repairs...you know, the fun stuff. Plus, I got the kind, calm doctor that I really like. Not that I actually dislike the other dentist at the practice, but the fact that his reaction to causing pain is laughing (nervous laughter, to be sure, but still, not what you want to hear when red hot pain lances your jaw)...well, I find him slightly discomfiting.

The cause for this improved dental showing? I think it's this:

I got it a few months ago (hmmmm, probably time to change the brush head), and while it takes awhile to get used to (hypersonic tickles! And sprays foam everywhere if you aren't careful!), it does a good job. I still brush with a regular toothbrush in the morning, so I can have the "brushed hard" feeling, but my mouth feels extra sparkly clean at night when I use the fancy brush. The neatest thing is the recharger:

Look carefully, no wires! You place it like so on the base and electricity... magically? flows into the handle like so [scratches head]:

Still haven't figured that one out but it works! Highly recommended, even if it's a ridiculous lot of $ (you have to buy replacement brush heads every so often - it really saves when you put that off...indefinitely) for a toothbrush.