Please
if you could, I would appreciate if all of you has some positive
thoughts send my way at 10:00 this morning. I am going to need a lot
of encouragement; I have my dentist annual appointment!
I
won't pull out this appointment from my calendar, it's too late, I
have to give the office a week notice or I will have to pay fees
which, for me, would be as painful.
It's
not the first time I sit in that chair, I'm 56 years old, been there,
done that, hate it every times. To me it's like pulling teeth (not
literally, you know).
Every
time I get drill... “Richard did you floss?” they know the
answer, why the heck they ask the question?
“I forgot to floss 364
days, I just remember this morning, did I do a good job?” will I
answer again. Can't they write that on my file and let go of the
guilt trip?
“Do
you have any teeth ache?” I will be ask.
“YES
I DO, every year after my check up, don't know why, maybe if you
didn't poke all over with those scissor like instrument, I would be
ok!”
“It
has been 3 years since we took your x-ray, we are going to do them
this morning.”
WRONG!
I remembered clearly last year sitting in the x-ray booth, while the
x-ray-er hiding behind a thick wall, was buzzing my face with rays. I
still can feel the square plate they put in your mouth and that you
have to keep from moving by biting something that I can only describe
as piece of tasteless plastic. I don't argue with them, they are my
master. Why don't they take passport picture at the same time, this
is one place where I don't smile ever.
Enough
about me, what are you going to do today? Root canal anyone?
I hate the dentist!!!! I also floss one out of 365 days a year....but when the dentist haggles me about it. I tell him to shut up...it's job security for him!!! Shuts his mouth real quick!!!
ReplyDeletePlease take it easy... this is not a "hate" blog! LOL I will probably use the "job security" line at some point, thank you :)
DeleteI hate the dentist too! I always leave with an inferiority complex because they yell at me for not brushing or flossing well enough, when I swear that I do.
ReplyDeleteNow a second person "hating" their dentist... I guess your spouse is not a dentist? (maybe your stalker is) ha ha ha
DeleteUgh, I can't stand the dentist. I know I need some work done, but I keep putting it off.
ReplyDeleteDon't wait Rachel get those teeth fixes... if not for you, think about your dentist, maybe he/she need a new boat, you wouldn't want to be the reason someone doesn't achieve their dream, right?
DeleteI actually do floss every day. And dentist obviously didn't believe me, which made me mad. Since we moved six months ago, I guess I need to find a new dentist soon... next year.... sometime.
ReplyDeleteHope your appointment goes well.
Thanks it was sooooo much fun! NOT!
DeleteOh you just remind me, I "forgot" to floss last night... I'll do it tonight, twice!
Floss, Richard, floss! And your visits will be much MUCH less painful.
ReplyDeleteSo how did it go??? Did you survive this session? :)
This sound like a great advice, are you sure you are not in with my dentist?
DeleteI got x-rays, I bleed everywhere, I had tears coming out of my eyes by the bucket full and will get some repair done in a month. But I got a new tooth brush!
The suggestion of getting the passport photo at the dentist is GENIUS!
ReplyDelete-WWE
Hahaha I always forget to floss!!
ReplyDeleteThis was a funny, funny post. Loved it. Hope you did well and are pain free and rested up for the next time you have to go.
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of having an x-ray done on my back teeth. My dentist has to put a piece in my mouth instead of taking the x-ray from the outside because my mouth is small. My family finds it funny that I have a small mouth since I am loud at times. I hope your dentist appointment went well.
ReplyDeleteI get asked that same question each time I go to the dentist, and during the last visit they explained to me how they know if you answer truthfully or not. It isn't so much the buildup on your teeth; it is the bleeding as a result. If you floss every day, you build up a resistance to bleeding and the dentist can see that instantly.
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