Though a horse’s teeth tell a trained eye everything about the animal, a human’s teeth refuse to tell dentists anything without a lawyer present. Get to the root of the matter with today’s Groupon: for $59, you get a dental-checkup package from Steven Glickman, DDS & David K. Christensen, DMD in Waldwick (a $335 total value). The dental checkup package includes the following:

• An examination (a $50 value)
• A cleaning (a $110 value)
• A full set of x-rays (a $175 value)<p>

Steven Glickman, DDS, a private-practice tooth-tender for 27 years, and David K. Christensen, DMD, an accomplished instructor at Hackensack University Medical Center, ensure optimum oral health during complete dental checkups. A member of the dentists’ crew of hygienists gives mouths a meticulous scrubdown, leaving teeth so squeaky clean that spinach will slide right over its favorite crevices, as a force field of spotless shine repels Milky Duds from freshly gleaming mouth diamonds. After the thorough cleaning, a series of x-rays offer the dental docs a close-up view of intraoral nooks and crannies. The experienced mouth menders will then probe fragile oral ecosystems for signs of disease, cavities, and taste-bud deforestation, leaving patients armed with recommendations for future treatments.