You only really start to take care of your when you have to pay your own dental bills!

The fact that he is in pain guarantees that he will get some dental attention,

Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things

He would get where water would not!

The grass may be greener but make sure you do not end up as fodder!

Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental.