so I had a dentist visit today, and it was relatively “fun” because the guy’s very much a geek – Chemistry/Math major from Brown that did chemistry R&D for a long time, toxicology for awhile, agriculture chemistry (something about bacteria levels in corn, I couldn’t quite follow) for awhile, and is now a dentist (well, “now” meaning for the last 11 years). He’s got lots of geeky things around his office, a fiber-optic camera with a tv so you end up seeing everything. – He’s got “normal” X-rays now but is getting a digital X-ray machine soon to play around with – tracks everything with various bits of software (Windows-based, but it’s third-party and sector-specific so I didn’t give him a hard time about it).
He’s got a Dr. Hibbert thing going on – laughs a lot (and a lot like Hibbert’s laugh, too). Very entertaining and personable.
Best of all, he (unlike my last dentist) has the ultrasonic cleaning stuff, so the cleaning part went very fast – ultrasonic pass to turn the tartar to (his description) “mashed potatoes” then rinsing and touch-up was about it.
His office is like 2 miles down the road on Weston Parkway, so not a big hassle to get there and back during lunch-time.
Ok, so it’s a slow news week if I’m posting about a dentist appt, but there ya go 
