{"id":534,"date":"2011-01-05T22:53:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T22:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2011-01-05T22:53:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T22:53:43","slug":"promises-promises-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/promises-promises-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Promises, Promises (New Year\u2019s Resolutions)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study tells us that most of us make promises to ourselves on New Year\u2019s Day, then promptly break those vows. About 30% of women tend to make and keep their New Year\u2019s resolutions for over 30 days, but most guys ditch their deals in a day or two. <em>I hope we\u2019re all much more diligent with <a title=\"Buckhead\u2019s\u00a0Family\u00a0Dentist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/family-dentist-atlanta\/\">brushing, flossing, checkups, and cleanings<\/a>!<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-535\" title=\"yoga\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0articles\u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripsavvy.com\/popular-new-years-resolutions-2708154\">About.com<\/a> and USA.gov, these are the top resolutions people make in January. See if any of yours made the list!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spend more time with family and friends<\/li>\n<li>Get a better education<\/li>\n<li>Land a better job<\/li>\n<li>Get fit<\/li>\n<li>Lose weight<\/li>\n<li>Quit smoking<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy life more<\/li>\n<li>Manage stress<\/li>\n<li>Quit drinking<\/li>\n<li>Get out of debt<\/li>\n<li>Save money<\/li>\n<li>Learn something new<\/li>\n<li>Take a vacation<\/li>\n<li>Help others<\/li>\n<li>Reduce, reuse, and recycle<\/li>\n<li>Get organized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It sure would be great to see people add \u201cgo to the dentist regularly\u201d to this list! Only half of Americans visit the dentist each year, and\u00a0the most widespread childhood disease \ufeffis dental caries (cavities). I want to ask you to make a resolution \u2013 a promise to yourself \u2013 to come in and see me twice this year. The ADA and most dental professionals recommend a minimum of two checkups and cleanings each year. These visits allow us to find problems in the early stage, when treatment is more effective and less invasive. Early treatment of oral cancer, for instance, improves a person\u2019s survival potential by 80%! This is serious stuff, folks.<\/p>\n<p>So instead of making a promise that\u2019s just not practical, make one you can keep. If you live in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta area, visit Dentistry in Buckhead<\/a> for six-month checkups and cleanings, and you could keep more than your promise. Ultimately, you could keep your teeth for life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study came out recently telling us that most of us make promises to ourselves on New Year\u2019s, then promptly break those vows. About 30% of women tend to make and keep their New Year\u2019s resolutions for over 30 days, but most guys ditch their deals in a day or two. I hope we\u2019re all much more diligent with brushing, flossing, checkups, and cleanings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[114,135,171,177,315,341,695],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}