The Corvette and the 18 wheeler

The parable of the Corvette and the 18-wheeler, or why you should wear your elastics full time.

Now everybody knows that with traffic flowing freely, high powered sports cars like Corvettes, as well as giant 18-wheeler trucks, all move down the freeway at the speed limit.  But what happens when the there’s a problem and all the traffic comes to a halt?  When the jam clears the Corvette can take off like a rocket and in 4 or 5 seconds it’s going the speed limit again.  But what of the huge trucks loaded down with 10’s of thousand of pounds of cargo?  They take forever to get going again...until they too are going full speed with the rest of the traffic.

Now the question we ask is: are your teeth like high-powered sports cars or are they like heavy trucks?  And, of course, you know the answer… they behave like trucks: as long as things are moving no problem.  But let things stop and it is a long, long time to get moving again.  Stop wearing your elastics for a few hours and everything grinds to halt… even when you start wearing your elastics again, it can be hours and hours before they start moving a full speed again.  So missing even a few hours can significantly slow your treatment.

The moral to the story is:  Be like the driver of a big truck..... peddle to the metal and you’ll get there
on time.