Left With A Smooth Feeling

I can never get enough of talking about me nor can I get enough of taking pictures where cameras don’t belong….Like Barbara Walters, I always get er done.

1pm Friday, my first dental cleaning of for Twenty-Thirteen with the new dental hygienist, her name is Mitzi – yes that is her real name.  I still haven’t warmed up to the new office staff, they seem stodgy, and the main characters were busy working that day.  My wait wasn't too long seeing that there were only 3 people including myself in the dental office.

After our initially meet and greet, I let her tell me some things about herself…she is a few years older that I (I’m a perpetual 29 y/o); she goes on to talk about her husband and three children.  Then she gets to her job.  Why is it that when someone performing dental work they always wanting a response to their question.  After my second rinse, I interrupted MY service and told her I wanted to have an opportunity to answer some of her questions; such as my marital status, my dependent status, my educational status...so on and so forth.

I miss Christie, the former dental hygienist, but I think I will like Mitzi…I guess that when Christie was working in my mouth, we had to play 6 month’s worth of catch-up in a 45 minute session so I missed all the tools darting in and out of my mouth. We just yapped until I left the office.

This visit (because I was quiet and observing the atmosphere) there were two particular items I really liked one was the toothbrush (stop laughing) the tool where the actual paste is placed on the round thing to clean your teeth.  I love that thing and the other was a supersonic vibrating water jet bacteria remover.

I asked her why did she become a dental hygienist, she said she never had bad teeth as a child but found it sad that people could not afford dental care even brushing their teeth with a toothbrush was a luxury to some.  She wanted the people who she came into contact with to know the importance of dental hygiene.  Even washing your mouth with mouthwash and a towel will beat doing nothing; but she prefers you use a toothbrush.

I didn't get to ask many more questions of her fore my time was up.  I told her I would see her in the summer time with more questions to ask.  I did however leave with a new toothbrush for me and my grandson...granny is always working it!

My tip:  Find a dental clinic or dentist office or dentist that you like and remain loyal.  It may take some time to find them but nothing worse than to have EXCELLENT dental insurance and have a horrible dentist.

Happy Brushing.

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