24 July 03

Not Ranting About Dentists

I’m not going to rant about dentists, not about how they get you at a pre-pubescent stage and slap braces on you which, for those of us who grew up with un-fluoridated water (or even with it), consigned us to a steady stream of root canals followed by crowns, which despite flossing consultations consigned us to a steady stream of gum problems, which then consigned us to terrifying visits to periodontists, resulting in the loss of said gums and ultimately our teeth on which we’ve already spent thousands and thousands of dollars, which we could have avoided if only they’d given us dentures at age eleven instead of all this trauma. No steaks, granted, but we might have invented the world’s most delectable pap, just think of the wasted culinary opportunities….

Instead, I’ll talk about the rain. It rained this morning, audible rain, rain that made you leap out of bed to go and stand in it and even have fantasies about the green returning. The jackrabbits and magpies were in ecstasy.

Posted by at 06:51 PM in Miscellaneous | Link |
  1. i simply HATE this race: dentists! :-)))

    — Fernanda    25. July 2003, 06:47    Link
  2. My dad has dentures now, after going through several decades of the experiences you list. He had no trouble eating the bison spareribs I smoked on his last visit. Denture technology is improving along with all the rest.

    I’m hoping for implants, myself. Only way I’ll ever have a mouth full of straight pearly whites.

    — Chris Clarke    25. July 2003, 07:05    Link
  3. Having spent yesterday afternoon in that wonderful chair myself, as well as thousands of dollars on my mouth over the years, I am happy to offer whatever sympathy anyone needs about this subject. In the meantime: YUCK!!!

    — beth    25. July 2003, 12:22    Link

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