Reader's Digest has a great article about 50 Dentist Secrets. They asked 22 dentists to tell us what they're really thinking as they peer at our teeth. Here are some excerpts;

When someone meets you for the first time, the first thing they notice is eyes. Second is teeth, and third is hair. But people spend way more money on their hair than their teeth.
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A mouthwash with alcohol dries out your mouth -- you'll smell nice and minty for a half hour, but then the bad breath comes back worse than ever.
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I have to extract a lot of baby teeth that are abscessed or heavily decayed. Parents think there's no reason to pay attention to baby teeth because they fall out. But when a tooth comes out prematurely, other teeth crowd in to fill up the space. Without the right treatment, it turns into a mess.
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I call soda pop the liquid chain saw. It cuts through teeth. And it's not just the sugar -- it's the acid.
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One of the first signs of diabetes is bleeding gums. I started taking blood samples from all my patients with bleeding gums and bone loss around the teeth and discovered that many of them were diabetic or prediabetic.
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If you bleach your teeth too often, it can thin the enamel. Your teeth can end up almost translucent.
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Sarah Palin is featured in a long interview with seven 'preparing to run' photos in the August issue of Runner's World magazine.

In the last photo she's posing with the American flag in nylons and running shorts. She says she doesn't wear a ton of makeup when she runs;

"When I run, I'm totally incognito because I'm not wearing the trough full of makeup. I can go running through a mob of tourists and they don't recognize me."

Many people seem convinced Sarah Palin is preparing to run for President in 2012 but we have a hunch she more likely quit her job as Governor of Alaska because she's been offered some sort of reality/talk show on prime time, or something more akin to this than to the Presidential race.

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The video of the week at The Cut is a serendipitous run-into Daphne Guiness on the streets of New York. They describe her as

The Daphne Guinness who vacations with Oscar de la Renta at his house in the Dominican Republic. The Daphne Guinness who possesses one of the most impressive collections of fashion items on the planet. The Daphne Guinness whose clothes make her outshine people like Naomi Campbell. We bumped into her on the street, and she kindly stopped to talk to our video camera about her clothes. She was impossible to miss in her seven-inch heels and tight black dress by L’Wren Scott.

See the video (after a brief video ad) below;