Keep them clean each day...
First off, a quick apology. The video post hasn't quite come to fruition just yet. Sorry. I'll continue working on it and practicing in order to make it a GREAT video post. Hmmm... I really need to stop making promises like this.
I was at the dentist last night for my regular six-month check up. Everything was fine. Not at all like one of my previous experiences with Hygienist Ratchet. This hygienist was awesome. Very nice, professional, great chair-side manner, and pretty.
Yes, I'm happily married, but I, like anybody else, still notice when someone is pretty. And she was. No question about it. And there are times when this is a bonus. When you're sitting in a chair with someone looming over you prying your jaw open and scraping at your teeth with sharp metal implements, wouldn't you agree that having a really congenial and good-looking person goes a long way toward easing you through the process? And, no, this is not a sexist thing because I'm sure women would agree as well.
Of course, this theory backfires if you're going to visit your doctor to have some, er, issue in a precarious location examined closely.
That's when it dawned on me... the dental profession has it all wrong. We shouldn't be scheduling appointments with dentists, we should be scheduling them with hygienists. Think about it... if all goes well and even if we have minor problems, we see the hygienist for a far greater amount of time during the appointment than our dentist. Last night, I was with the hygienist for a half hour scraping, talking, scraping, laughing, scraping.
I saw the dentist for all of three minutes, literally. The last several times I've been in there, it's been the same story even during trips in which a cavity is discovered. Except, in those cases, the dentist might stay for five to eight minutes only to tell me I need to schedule another appointment to have it filled. That's when I really see the dentist, during those follow-up visits.
Hey, that's how I feel and I'm sticking to it.
Totally Unrelated Aside (TUA): Criminal Minds is finally back! Oh how Katie and I have missed you. In one short year of watching this show, it has quickly become one of our favorite dramas and we've been renting the DVDs on Netflix to catch up on past seasons.
However, did any of you watch last night's episode of CM? If you did, I'm curious if you noticed something peculiar.
As you know, most of the team were with SSA Rossi (Joe Mantegna) investigating his 20-year-old "one that got away" case. (POTENTIAL SPOILERS) While in Indianapolis trying to track down the carnival clown that became the prime suspect, did you catch the bit where Prentiss (Paget Brewster) and Rossi are talking with the carnival master? During their informal interview, Prentiss is standing in front of a sign with the big, bold-faced word "LEGACY" on it. Not sure what it was for, don't really care. But, at one point, and only for a second, Prentiss shifts a little bit and her head covers the "LE" on the sign so what you can still see reads "GACY." Intentional? Considering the person they catch is a clown, I'm wondering. Just one of those very subtle nods from the cameraman, editor, or director, but still. Very creepy and cool if you actually see it.
I actually do schedule with my hygienist! She only works on Fridays and I kind of adore her, she's a little bit country and married a cowboy and it makes the time go by so quickly in a place that I normally hate going.
Posted by: Alissa | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 07:11 AM
I'm all for a pretty dentist/hygienist. My last dentist was so pretty. She had this great accent and would pat my cheek and call me "chiquita."
Posted by: sizzle | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 08:48 AM
When you started this post talking about dentists, I thought you were going to have yet another "mishap" post. Glad to hear things went better than expected!
Posted by: Nilsa S. | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 09:01 AM
I laughed at "precarious location". Hubs had an 'issue' that involved having an ultrasound done on his testicles. This involved a cute young nurse,warm lube and alot of handling. Of course I found it hilarious, but he just blushed. A LOT!
Posted by: metalmom | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 10:47 AM
Alissa, really?? That's cool. I'll have to check and see if I can do that at my place!
sizzle, awwwww, mi chiquita belleza!
Nilsa, oh, I must've forgotten to mention the X-ray machine that irradiated my brain. Yeah, it was a bumm... who am I?
metalmom, that's what I'm talking about!! Tell your Hubs I feel his pain. Well, not the ultrasound, but the pretty nurse and the precarious location.
Posted by: kapgar | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 12:18 PM
I am pretty sure we schedule with the hygenist. But I'm not positive since when I go there are always 5 of us and since there are only 2 hygenists we just sort of take over the place while we are there.
I don't watch that show you are talking about, but I hope it was intentional because it is just so perfect!
Posted by: tori | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 12:25 PM
Never really watch "Criminal Minds," but I've seen it a couple of times. Not since Patinkin left, though. It's pretty good, so maybe I'll have to try it again.
Posted by: Karl | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 12:33 PM
I can't watch Criminal Minds. Paget Brewster was so great on Andy Richter Controls the Universe that seeing her all serious and shit just ruins it for me.
Posted by: Avitable | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 12:36 PM
tori, I hope it was intentional too. I know I schedule with the dentist because she splits time between a couple offices and it tends to be a pain in the arse to schedule with her sometimes.
Karl, Katie and I love the cast of that show. And Mantegna's good in anything he does, but his character here is a little rough around the edges. Should be getting better though. We're just happy to see Greg (of the Dharma variety) back on TV and doing a dramatic turn at that.
Avitable, I never saw that show. But I do remember her as the really hot girlfriend, Cathy, that tears Joey and Chandler apart in Friends. She was so cute. Yeah, yeah, say what you will about me needing to hand in my mancard as a result of being a Friends fan back in the day.
Posted by: kapgar | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 12:39 PM
I totally watched last night! I have missed it so much too! I did not catch the little sign episode though. Unfortunately I do not have it TIVOd to be able to watch it again. Drat! Good catch though kiddo!
Posted by: Becca | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 01:00 PM
Ugghh. Kap. You had to remind me. I had a most unpleasant experience at the dentist last week, as most of my dental experiences have been these last three years. For 30 YEARS I had no cavities. Now? NOT! I, too, have a pretty hygienist but she's all business unfortunately. On the brighter side, pretty soon my mouth will contain nothing but hard composite coatings that should last until I die, and I won't get soaked for a billion dollars every 6 months. : )
Posted by: John | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 03:33 PM
Becca, you called me "kiddo." Weird. But cool!
John, opt for gold, then you can insure your mouth! Rename yourself "Buddha with Grillz."
Posted by: kapgar | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 05:03 PM
I totally schedule with my hygienist. At the end of a cleaning, she hauls up the schedule for 6 months later and sets it right then.
I dig my dentist though. We bonded over Firefly, BSG, and Star Trek.
Posted by: claire | Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 09:43 PM
I love Criminal Minds... interesting catch, I missed it. They don't do too many things unintentionally in shows, so I'll bet it was intended. Hubs is actually watching it with me now. He wouldn't watch before because he doesn't like Mandy P.
I have a dentist appointment next month. NOT looking forward to it. At all. Ugh. New dentist, so I have no clue what it is going to be like... *sigh*
Posted by: sue | Sunday, 06 April 2008 at 01:17 PM
claire, it's hard to deny it when you have a connection like that!
sue, a new dentist is always a bit scary. Good luck with that one!
Posted by: kapgar | Sunday, 06 April 2008 at 10:50 PM