Beauty and Money.....

two things most of us r hypocrites abt......we say something when its concerning others and something else when it is regarding ourselves...
maybe we do it unknowingly
being a dentist i deal with aesthetics daily....
eg 1. just yesterday a patient came to clinic....she had habit of chewing tobacco n had brown stains all over the teeth...now normally she would not have thought that for her health of her gums n teeth she should firstly stop chewing tobacco or at least get scaling (cleaning) of teeth done every 6 months....but she came at nth hour when she had to go for a wedding n jus wanted outer (buccal) side of front 6 teeth cleaned..she said to get rest of her teeth cleaned she wud come later....lets c
a similar case came few months back too where the groom had come for scaling 3 days prior to wedding...he is yet to come for cleaning rest of teeth....
2.today only...one uncle came...he has only upper front 4 teeth..they r also shaky..n now he wants artificial denture for jus front teeth coz he has to attend a wedding..he is not bothered how he will chew....he has no posterior teeth....n even his hew lower teeth which r there r all shaky...still he is not bothered to do the entire treatment which involves removing all teeth n making a denture..that wud improve overall function of chewing n eating....
countless patients get their front teeth treated be it root canal or crown or filling or denture in one shot...we hardly have to convince them...but if it is poor molars they wait till it reaches the stage of removal....feel so helpless then...
young girls come for orthodontic treatment at age of 20 or 23 in short marriageable age in their caste.....n when v suggest the treatment for 8 or 9 yr old girls when it is actually more effective better results seen...parents say treatment is too long or expensive
everyone says beauty is not important...your character is..your heart n your soul is...but sadly no body wants to check out the rest of them if the face is not good enough...
if it were not true why do stories like ugly duckling exist...why didnt anybody not treat poor little duck well until it blossomed into a swan...
same true for money too...people say its not important...it causes misery...true if not handled properly it does...but it is important....n not always it causes misery....
someone told me....PEOPLE WITH MONEY ARE UNHAPPY AND SO ARE PEOPLE WITHOUT IT...BUT ITS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE RICH N UNHAPPY RATHER THAN BEING UNHAPPY WITHOUT IT.....
how true this is.....
so let us accept that both these r important...know to value it....after all it takes hard work...beauty maybe god given but maintaining it is in your hands only.....so no need to be ashamed to admit its worth....
we think people will call us money minded or look conscious....but its not true...they jus call u that coz they r not able to achieve it n so r simply jealous....nothing else...

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