so next time you go to the dentist and have x-rays the spacer they put between your teeth may have a cord. this cord may lead to a computer. and on this computer they may view digital images of your x-rays. according to my dental hygienist it means 80-90 percent less radiation is being blasted at my head. this can only be a good thing.

it always interesting when you have a new dental hygienist, fresh from dental school and filled with protocol. unfortunately, they are not always filled with precision or nerves of steel. this means jabbing with pointy things. it also means that the spit-sucker-device-thingo will not always make it to your mouth at appropriate intervals. which means near choking on saliva. and the spraying of water may be excessive, forming new waterways down the side of your face.

this made me laugh, naturally.

her: oh, is the cold water hurting your teeth
me: no, i was laughing cos this is messy

the other strange part of dentistry is the boobs on your forehead - if you happen to have a female dental hygienist who has a really aggressive plaque fighting methodology and kind of forgets that she is knocking her breasts in your face. a very odd experience, and not exactly erotic. particularly since you are busy coping with that weird type of pain from the metal-jabber and blindness from that horrible dentistry lamp.