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[railwaymadness]

Survived first dentist appointment in almost three years (oops) and have won the tooth lottery! I get to keep all my teeth as they are for at least the next six months!

Also, no, I am not a smoker. I am a tea drinker. It's COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Jeez.

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[dallendoug]

hahah. do you have tea stains?

I've gotten addicted to our really nice dentist. I'm a month behind on my six-month checkup (due to switching jobs and insurance) and really bummed out about it!

[railwaymadness]

Well, not anymore. At least, not severely anymore. My hygenist seemed very concerned that I not have to go out in public with tea-stained teeth. And I mean, I knew they were there but I guess I don't consider it that big a deal. She was all "When you have a hot date blah blah blah". Srsly, woman, nobody is going to date me for my TEETH. They're a bit crap even on the best of days.

But what I really meant to say was that I do really like my dentist and all of his staff (now that they got rid of that one poorly chosen hygenist). I'm just very bad at picking up the phone, so am appointment-making challenged.

[dallendoug]

Ours has a nice staff that calls and gently reminds us, so it's much more obvious when we are missing an appointment.

I wonder if there are a lot of people who dig having dentist's of the opposite gender especially. Though I probably shouldn't wonder too much. But there is a definite intimacy with some other person putting stuff in your mouth, whatever the context . . . I can't see having a dentist who wasn't someone you liked and were very comfortable with (the old idea of the scary dentist and all).