6 Months Later...

Back in January I had my first dentist appointment in about 2.5 year. I had a looney toons cleaner girl and she was back this time.

It starts with a call the day before asking me to come in 10 minutes early. "Sure, no problem" However, I then proceed to wait 30 minutes for my appt. DHG (Dentist Helper Girl) was "running late"- Strike 1.

She begins cleaning my teeth and once again, points out my lingual fraenum. DHG asks if I went to an oral surgeon to have it removed. Well obviously not, since its still there.

DHG: "I wrote in my notes last time that you had a date around your last appointment"
Me: (In my head) "You freaking wrote it down?!?! Why?! Maybe its good people skills?? No, no...its just creepy"

What I really said "O I don't really remember that date, but it didn't work out"
DHG: "That's so sad. I would hate to be single, its the worst thing in the world"
Me: "I guess"
DHG: "Are you dating anyone now"
Me: "Yup. 4 months now. Its great" (thinking it would be way easier that hearing about how tragic my life is as a single woman.

DHG then proceeds to retell me all about meeting her boyfriend on eharmony when she was 20 because she was so sick of being single. She then tells me a story (about 30 minutes long) about trying to hook up her friend with her bf's friend, but her friend played on her Nintendo DS the whole time. Yes, her Nintendo DS, DHG has to be at least 24 or 25. I stopped paying attention because then she went into another monologue about how tragic being single is.

Next DHG talks about how she hates it when people don't "grind" on the dance floor and when girls do their own thing and dance goofy. "Its just so lame. And they wonder why they are single". So I guess that is why I am single. :) - Strike 3-8.

So I am now in the process of looking for a new dentist. I really like the actual dentist but I cannot handle the DHG. She is awful and annoying. I am convinced her boyfriend is deaf. I mean, he just has to be.

Side note: I hate to look up the word for tongue tied (lingual fraenum) because I obviously couldn't remember it and here is what it said. My favorite part was the "oral play" part.

The tongue
The most important articulator for speech production is undoubtedly the tongue. During speech, the amazing range of movements the tongue can make include tip-elevation, grooving, and protrusion.

Relatively short at birth, the tongue grows longer, and thinner at the tip, as we get older.

As well as having a speech function, the tongue is needed for sucking, chewing, swallowing, eating, drinking, tooth and gum health, kissing, sweeping the mouth for food debris and other particles (such as hairs), warming the air during mouth-breathing, and oral play (for instance, poking the tongue out and waggling it about for fun).

Waggling is about for fun- that's good stuff.