Dentists

In all of these years why hasn't the Dental Industry been able to get rid of this 'vile' tool pictured. My new conclusion after a recent trip to the Dentist (my first in over three years) is that it's punishment.

As I'm sitting there, sweating, as he tries to get out all the gunk, repeatedly apologizing for the pain he's causing. I'm guessing he knows I'm in pain from the erratic flinching of my legs and arms and the steady of flow of blood that he's creating from this tool interacting with my gums.

All the while he's standing over me, light shining from that awful lamp. I think that lamp is punishment too. Lecturing me about what I should be doing differently.

And it's working. I'm sitting there going, 'all I have to do is survive this day and then I'll start coming back every six-months and never have to go through this again.'

Of course, by the time I leave, buy some ridiculously expensive new toothpastes-products, tongue-scrapers and floss I'm thinking, 'not a chance I want to go through that again.' See you in three years Doc.