A dentist appointment

Preparing for the internship we were advised to visit a dentist before going to Hanoi. So today I went. I'm embarrassad to say I haven't been to the dentist since I moved from my parents after finishing "high school/upper secondary school" 4 years ago. I don't really know why I haven't gone - I guess I was just to lazy to make an appointment.

So I was in the chair with the dentist fumbling in my mouth and somehow it reminded me of my childhood. I remember my father taking me and my little sister to the school detentist - in the ceiling there was a colurful (80's) poster of children playing with food. One half of the children were cherry and played with vegetables and healthy food, the other could hardly move - they were playing with candy. Of course it was suppose to send the signal that eating healthy would make you strong and happy - eating candy was bad for you and your teeth.
When I was about 14 I had a minor accident while doing gymnastics. Trying to do a "trick" with my coach I somehow fell with my head first and knocked out 2 of my front teeth. The following year I went to the dentist each month to check if the teeth were a live (weird that teeth are a live right?). Each time I looked at the poster with the healthy and unhealthy children wondering if they'd change the poster before my next visit. In the 10 years I went to the school dentist - they never changed the poster.

There's no real point to the story - just funny how some things will tricker a memory.
Btw the was no dental decay and the whole thing including x-rays took 20 mins. and cost me a whopping 400 kr = $67. Preparing for Hanoi is expensive!