My teeth are pretty good now. I got some cavities in my teens, but now that I'm a diabetic, and eat no sugar other than the sugar that occurs naturally in fruit and milk, I make the dentist's day every time he sees me.

My husband's teeth are okay only because he gets an extra dental visit every year that isn't covered by the dental insurance, and he brushes using a flouride rinse to avoid using toothpaste which is too abrasive for him to use. Apparently he inherited rather weak-willed enamel on his teeth. Eldest daughter has inherited that, and has already had a root canal and a cap put in. Only Son got my teeth, and hasn't had to worry as much.

My husband's aunt (whose boys are 25 and 30 now I think) says she regrets getting her kids orthodontia now. She doesn't believe that their teeth and bites were disfunctional enough to make it a real necessity, and she says that it robbed their faces of character.