At my dentist appointment in April, Sarah, our hygienist decided to take us both at the same time. She did my teeth first in the office that Sean used to get his teeth done and my Mom to the room I usually would go to with Kristen.
I waited while Sarah did my Mom’s teeth and then the dentist was going to come in into both of our rooms.
This is the only dentist office that I have known for my entire life! The chairs are no longer situated how they were in the rooms, but I don’t sit in them anyway. I just get my teeth cleaned in my power chair.
They have weird sounding music now! I think it’s just because I’m old! I don’t even remember the dentist’s name. It’s different now because it’s a corporation. I’m not sure that I will ever see her again. She had on those magnifying glasses so I didn’t even see her really.
It was endearing to me when Dr. Fox did it because I hand known him for my whole life! This just feels impersonal. After listening to music that I did not like, I did hear an Adele song and a Summit Place Kia commercial:
I’ve heard that song for my entire life and it was nice that some things are still the same. When the dentist came in, I asked her which tooth my cap is on. She told me that it was 14 then she said, “Wait” and asked me to open my mouth again and said that it was 14.
I think I was 16 when I cracked my tooth opening a water bottle. When I worked, I would rest my tongue on that cap. It was smooth. I did that when I was grading papers or balancing my checkbook. I had forgotten which tooth it was because I hadn’t rested my tongue on it in a long time so I just wanted to double check.