Popular Post Kirby Posted September 19, 2018 Popular Post Share #1 Posted September 19, 2018 I had a dentist appointment this morning at 8:30 AM. This made me apprehensive and a little cranky. When I make the appointment 6 months in advance, the first appointment of the day always seems very sensible as it means I can minimize how late I am to work. But when I actually have to get up early to go to the dentist I wonder what I was thinking. I had to drive by a junior high right when everyone was dropping their kids off to school. This made me delayed and annoyed. I love my dentist - she is nice, sweet and very good. But before I saw her I had an appointment with the hygienist to get my teeth cleaned. The hygienist seems like a nice lady, but she's not nearly as good as my wonderful dentist. The hygienist had gloves that seemed to big for her, so her wet gloves kept knocking into my face. This made me testy. Then she kept poking at an area between two teeth and this made me sore. Then she kept asking me questions when she was cleaning my teeth and I couldn't answer. This made me frustrated. Eventually she finished and that made me feel relieved. Then my nice dentist came in and I was happy. She had perfect fitting gloves and told me everything looked good. This made me very relieved. Then she told me to rinse and I saw that they had replaced the white paper dixie cups with beautiful transparent cups in a lovely shade of spring fever green!!!!! This made me joyous. I exclaimed how pretty the disposable rinse cup was, and this made everyone else in the room a little confused. I got to choose a toothbrush and they had one in a nice shade of teal. This made me happy and also made me feel silly for being happy over the color of a toothbrush. Then I made my next checkup appointment for 8:30 on a Monday morning six months from now, which made me feel like I will never learn. The End. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #2 Posted September 19, 2018 Did you get a sticker? My dentist has stickers . I never get one 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 19, 2018 Frogs have teeth? Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted September 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Frogs have teeth? Who knew? You must be thinking of toads. Frogs have teeth, of a sort. And no sticker, Petite. Maybe they have some for little kids that they don't leave out, but a sticker would have been very cool. They didn't even have a basket of refreshing travel tooth paste in the lobby like they often do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 19, 2018 Share #5 Posted September 19, 2018 No pic of the cup? Was this a one time use plastic cup that replaced a one time use paper cup made from renewable materials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #6 Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Kirby said: You must be thinking of toads. Frogs have teeth, of a sort. Well, you must be the picture of Maxillary and Vomerine health! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted September 19, 2018 Share #7 Posted September 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, petitepedal said: Did you get a sticker? My dentist has stickers . I never get one I think that they only give the stickers to the good kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #8 Posted September 19, 2018 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #9 Posted September 19, 2018 Before After 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted September 19, 2018 28 minutes ago, BR46 said: I think that they only give the stickers to the good kids. I keep asking for a glass of wine..this whole dentist thing would be better with wine 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted September 19, 2018 Rinse? Did you use the spitoon? i haven't seen one of those in years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 19, 2018 Share #12 Posted September 19, 2018 Do you have any pointers for me on how to brush Ruby;s teeth? Can;t be any harder to brush than a frog's! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted September 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted September 19, 2018 ...I am jealous, @Kirby. On my most recent dental visit, my regular hot dental hygienist blew me off to attend some wedding of a (probably equally hot) friend. And she rescheduled me on a Friday, when the dentist doesn't even work, so I got no look at by the dentist. This is what happens when you get so old that you start to disappear into the background. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #14 Posted September 20, 2018 I love the party favor package the dentist gives me. The baby toothpaste is perfect for travel as is the tiny floss. The toothbrush itself immediately goes to the secret lab for parts cleaning as I have an electric toothbrush in the bathroom. First they beat me up and then they give me toys. Dentists are great.................... after the visit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted September 20, 2018 Share #15 Posted September 20, 2018 You get rinse cup and a tiny spit sink. This makes me jealous. My dentist has a little water squirter thingy in my mouth then suck it out with a vacuum sucker hose in my mouth. This doesn't bother me too much. The rinse cup though gets you a chance to close your mouth and rest the jaw muscles but you don't get to rest your mouth with the water squirter and vacuum sucker things. This makes me sore. The End 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #16 Posted September 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: My dentist has a little water squirter thingy in my mouth then suck it out with a vacuum sucker hose in my mouth. This doesn't bother me too much. Yeah, ditto to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted September 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Mr. Silly said: You get rinse cup and a tiny spit sink. This makes me jealous. My dentist has a little water squirter thingy in my mouth then suck it out with a vacuum sucker hose in my mouth. This doesn't bother me too much. The rinse cup though gets you a chance to close your mouth and rest the jaw muscles but you don't get to rest your mouth with the water squirter and vacuum sucker things. This makes me sore. The End My dentist has those too and she'll use them sometimes, but for effective rinsing nothing beats a spring fever green rinse cup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #18 Posted September 20, 2018 Honestly, I have such tunnel vision I have no clue what color the cups were in my dentist's office in June. I do know she sent me to a specialist for what she thought was a root canal problem that turned out not to be one. That made me very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted September 20, 2018 Share #19 Posted September 20, 2018 Oh Kirby!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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