Open wide and say nothing

Is this the month that all dental hygienists get together and collaborate on what they'll say to their patients? Like Mongo and PC, I too had a strange encounter when I recently visited the dentist. I wasn't really ready for the inquisition and I didn't think she would be as hard on me. I have a love/hate relationship with dentists and hygienists and it usually takes years before I feel comfortable with them.

It started out when she asked, "When you sleep, are you a mouth breather?"
Well I don't know, do I? Talk about taking me off guard. That's the first time, and I hope, the last, someone asks that.

Next was "Do you eat toast?"
Well, yeah I do. I asked how she knew. Apparently when you eat toast the palate gets scratched from the toast rubbing against it. And it's only a problem if the scratches stay 'fresh' for two weeks or so. I'll try and remember that the next time I decide to binge on toast. I'll certainly have to file that tidbit away so I can amaze my friends at my next party.

"Do you floss every day?"
When I replied 'I try to' she responded with "At least that's better than the last two times I asked and you said, 'ahmm, ahmm' " Does she has an incredible memory or does she record everything I say?? I am really starting to wonder.

She would be the last person I would ever want to antagonize. There are too many sharp instruments at her disposal.