Tom had a bad toothache. His mother wanted to take him to the dentist’s (牙医), ________ he didn’t go. He was afraid of the pain when ________ dentist had to extract (拔出) his tooth. Tom’s mother told him that if he did not visit the dentist, the pain would get ________. At last, Tom had to agree.

There were not many people at the dentist’s. Soon, it was ________ turn. He walked nervously into the room and sat down. The dentist looked ________ and said hello to him with a smile. He asked Tom to open his mouth. And then he told Tom that he had to extract the bad tooth. The dentist gave Tom an injection (注射) and promised ________ that he would not feel any pain.

Tom really did not feel any pain. Then the dentist advised Tom ________ his teeth twice a day and taught him the right way ________ brushing his teeth. He also told Tom not to eat too many sweet things so that his teeth would be healthy.

Tom ________ a toothache since he followed what the dentist said. ________ important it is to protect our teeth! So remember to brush your teeth every day.

Do you know China’s Teeth Care Day? It falls _______ September 20th every year. It began in 1989. _______ aim (目标) is to take good care of people’s teeth.

There _______ thirty-eight students in Wang Bin’s class, and eleven of them have tooth problems.

Mao Kang said, “I had three bad teeth. Each tooth _______ me four hundred yuan.”

Liu Jian said, “Something is wrong with my front teeth. I don’t like to open my mouth. My classmates say my teeth look like _______ old’s. _______ bad thing!”

Do you have good teeth, my friend? _______ you want to take care of your teeth, please follow the five suggestions:

◆Brush your teeth at least twice a day. If you can, brush them after every meal.

◆Brush your teeth slowly _______ carefully. Spend _______ than four minutes each time.

◆Do not use your teeth _______ bottles. It’s very easy to hurt your teeth to do such jobs.

◆Eating and drinking are also important to your teeth. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables and drink water.

◆Try not to drink Coke or other drinks.