This story all started about a year ago with a visit to my dentist, Dr. Berger. I go every six months and, in my previous couple of visits, he had found a few new cavities. Once again, at this appointment, he found two more cavities. I was just bewildered by all of this. For much of my life, I had had perfect teeth and now I was getting cavities right and left. I asked Dr. Berger what in the world could be going on.

"Well," he said, "do you eat lots of candy?"

"No, not very often."

"Do you drink lots of soda?"

"Maybe a couple of times a week is all," I said.

"Have you been brushing every day?"

"Yes doctor, three times a day." "

"Flossing?"

"I've been pretty good about flossing every morning."

"Well, I can't think of anything that's causing all the cavities you have," he said. "Can you think of anything?"

"Well, I have sort of developed a taste for hollandaise sauce the past couple of years."

"Hollandaise sauce?"

"Yes, I love the stuff. I have it on everything. On toast, eggs, cereal, ice-cream, pancakes, everything. I just can't get enough of it!"

"Well, I'll tell you what, let me put in a plate and see if it helps." This seemed rather odd to me but Dr. Berger then glued a small plate behind my front teeth, and sent me on my way, with instructions to come back in six months for a check-up.

The months passed quickly enough, and soon I was back in the dentist's chair. I said, "Doc Berger, I can't believe it! Since you put that plate in, I've had no problems with my teeth at all!"

He looked around and took x-rays and proclaimed that I was indeed cavity-free. "I guess that plate did the trick," he said.

A bit confused, I asked, "Well, what is that thing made of anyway?"

"It is a chrome plate," he said.

"Chrome? What good would that do?"

"Well you know," said Dr. Berger, "there's no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise!"