As long as I can remember, the few dentists I've had over the years have never given me a hard time. Perhaps it's a change in mindset to being hyper-preventive, but I can't seem to catch a pat on the back these days. First I'm told to use the electric toothbrush - supposedly, it's the only way to go. But then I'm told I don't use it enough. Sometimes I do prefer the manual brush. So for the last 6 months I've done my best to use the electric brush.
And what do I get? A recommendation that I should come back in 4 months, not 6, for another cleaning. Apparently, my technique is off. I can't win.
I'm beginning to think I'm really there just to pay for the tv's mounted on the ceiling, the new flat screen in the waiting room, the fancy digital x-rays with more resolution that my DSLR, or the new oral cancer screening UV light. Oh, I almost forgot the new paperless chart software.
