one of my best friends from school is a dentist. I don't know why she chose that path! I dislike today's blog because it reminds me I need to visit the dentist again. For the 2nd time in 12 years but shhh don't tell anyone. Here they think we should go visit the crazy evil drill-holding person every damn year! insanity I tell you, insanity.

I hate those pictures.

I don't dread the dentist.  They hygienist on the other hand...

And they make YOU pay for it. You should ask for some nice pills to calm you down, CrazyD.

Good oral hygiene is important. 

Strange the people pick a career that involves looking in other people's mouths. I've thought about this before. Who was the first dentist? How did that come about during our evolution/change in economies. Which village person was designated the "expert" at teeth? Was there one in a village somewhere that other people traveled to go see? How did she/he decide to look in someone else's mouth one day? Gross. 

23 minutes ago, Maggie Mae said:

Strange the people pick a career that involves looking in other people's mouths.

I've wondered the same thing, only that wasn't the particular body opening that I had in mind!!! 

Just now, crazydaffodil said:

I've wondered the same thing, only that wasn't the particular body opening that I had in mind!!! 

That progression at least makes sense. Women get pregnant, midwives help, midwives specialize, some guy comes along and is like, hey, look at my penis I can catch this baby better, guy fucks up, women go back to midwives, midwives share knowledge with medicine men, doctors happen. 

Unless you mean proctologists in which case I have nothing. 

Just now, Maggie Mae said:

Unless you mean proctologists in which case I have nothing. 

Yes, that was precisely where I was going with that.  Heh heh.

And you said penis! 

There's a clear answer: of course they are evil. 

My dentist has the weirdest playlist in the world.

Seriously - he goes from heavy metal to easy listening.  It makes me laugh  - and that's not a good idea with sharp instruments near my tongue.

Nice pictures, by the way.  Not like it's going to give me nightmares or anything . . . . 

1 hour ago, clueliss said:

I hate those pictures.

I don't dread the dentist.  They hygienist on the other hand...

My hygienist lurves to taaaaaaaaaalk. That is all.

1 minute ago, SpoonfulOSugar said:

My dentist has the weirdest playlist in the world.

Seriously - he goes from heavy metal to easy listening.  It makes me laugh  - and that's not a good idea with sharp instruments near my tongue.

Nice pictures, by the way.  Not like it's going to give me nightmares or anything . . . . 

Mine asks what you would like to listen to, and then gives you an ipod. Oh, and there are notes taken about what you liked so if one day you happened to be in the mood for, say, some Jay-Z, you will get that every time for the next four years. We also get a blanket and sunglasses and some nitrous oxide.  

Mine usually plays 80s music, which I enjoy very much.  Some days he gives in to other members of the staff and we have 60s or 70s music, which is ok, but not as relaxing for me.

25 minutes ago, nelliebelle1197 said:

My hygienist lurves to taaaaaaaaaalk. That is all.

My old one used to ask personal questions. Open ones that needed long answers. I never figured out how to talk with all that stuff in my mouth

5 minutes ago, OnceUponATime said:

My old one used to ask personal questions. Open ones that needed long answers. I never figured out how to talk with all that stuff in my mouth

That is so completely unfair when they do that.  They have cotton in your mouth, picking away at your gums, you're bleeding, so they have suction tube in the corner of your mouth and they say, "So how's your work going?"  mmmphhh, mmmmhhhh, bgsi hmsj,....

My way of coping is to close my eyes.  I think the eye close may keep the yammering at bay a bit.  

40 minutes ago, crazydaffodil said:

"So how's your work going?" 

that one is easy of

It's when they ask "what is your favorite subject in school?" or "what did you do in the weekend?" that it starts getting a bit harder.

I'm fairly certain that my dentists instance on covering us up with blankets, sunglasses, nitrous, and headphones is so he can avoid small talk. It works for us, although I do feel a bit out of the loop. 

I've always had a dreadful fear of dentists. BUT, a thing I've learned about them over the past few years is that the new ones are significantly better. Like, seriously, drilling on cavities is a last resort for my dentist. She's been "watching" a spot on one of my teeth for a year now (I go every 6mo). And she knows gobs more than all the old dentists I've seen, and gives me fancy flouride toothpaste since I'm prone to cavities. Also also also, every single dentist I've ever seen has had trouble getting my mouth numb, but not this dentist and the one other young one I saw.

Look for the new ones!!

GAHHHH I EFFING HATE THE DENTIST. 

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So...yeah.