{"id":160,"date":"2012-12-20T08:28:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T08:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/dental-advice\/?p=99"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:20:53","slug":"what-do-christmas-turkeys-dental-fear-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/what-do-christmas-turkeys-dental-fear-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Christmas Turkeys & Dental Fear Have in Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas is often cited as one of the most stressful times of year and I do wonder if it is actually Christmas Day its self or in fact the huge build up that\u00a0 causes the stress. Chatting with many of our \u00a0patients at our Dental Practice in Edinburgh<\/a> \u00a0it seems that whatever your religious persuasion, a day spent with family,\u00a0 eating nice food and perhaps even enjoying the odd tipple is a pleasant \u00a0thought for the vast majority and something to look forwards to.\u00a0 Which leads me to conclude that it must be the build up that makes everyone so stressed and grumpy.<\/p>\n

Maybe if we did not place such huge expectations on our own shoulders for the \u201cperfect\u201d Christmas day and recognised that some things can be imperfect\u00a0 yet still immensely enjoyable\u00a0 then it would all get a little easier. Perspective is a great thing and it always fascinates me how two people can look at the same situation and see completely different pictures.<\/p>\n

I remember on one occasion not long after I qualified my flatmate and I decided to have a big party and cook a Christmas meal for all of our friends. Our ignorance was complete and we only learned how difficult it was to co-ordinate a feast for 30 people as it all went spectacularly wrong. Among the many disasters that happened\u00a0 was the realisation that while our turkey looked crisp and golden ( ok burned ) on the outside the inside was still cold enough to keep the Haggen Daas at the right temperature till Ney years Day!\u00a0 \u00a0It was fortunate that \u00a0we had \u00a0paid enough attention in our microbiology classes at university to realise that the centrepiece of our feast was more likely to become the centre of \u00a0an outbreak of food poisoning. \u00a0With no fall back plan \u00a0we pressed on regardless without it using the time honoured \u00a0method of serving copious wine when the food is going badly wrong.\u00a0 \u00a0Looking back we have fond memories of that particular event and to this day it brings a smile to my face when I think of all the various stages of culinary disaster that we brought upon ourselves. When reminiscing on this with some of my\u00a0 friends whom I have known since childhood it is funny how their recollection is different. Most of my friends do \u00a0remember the\u00a0 fact that there was no turkey ( a raw but burned turkey is after all in some ways memorable) \u00a0but really remember what a good time they had. \u00a0\u00a0It goes to show that for every situation two people will view the same facts quite \u00a0differently.<\/p>\n

Reflecting now, I see that we had a great time because our friends were very\u00a0 forgiving of our imperfections and made the best of the situation \u00a0with or without a full dinner plate. \u00a0Their actions made it easy for us to realise that our culinary incompetence was completely forgiven even though we were more than a little bit mortified.<\/p>\n

It strikes me that when we are trying to tackle our dental fear we are a lot less forgiving of our own imperfections than \u00a0others usually are. Perhaps this Christmas is a time to reflect and be kind to ourselves. Maybe this is the year to stop beating yourself up about what you have done \u00a0or should have done to improve your dental situation in the past.\u00a0 There are a group of interested people out there who will view your situation differently.\u00a0 They are eager to help you move forwards without recriminations or judgement and what\u2019s more they can help you to see your positive\u00a0 dental future rather than worry about the past.<\/p>\n

I hope this final pre Christmas blog post will encourage you to look forward and add \u201cbeating your dental fear\u201d to your\u00a0 list of new years resolutions and if there is anything I or the team at Craigentinny<\/a> can do to help, just ask.<\/p>\n

In the mean time have a very Merry Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas is often cited as one of the most stressful times of year and I do wonder if it is actually Christmas Day its self or in fact the huge build up that\u00a0 causes the stress. Chatting with many of our \u00a0patients at our Dental Practice in Edinburgh \u00a0it seems that whatever your religious persuasion, … Continue reading What Do Christmas Turkeys & Dental Fear Have in Common?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t