My space-age high technology dentist has yet another device.
The hygienist said, “We have a new, less invasive way to clean your teeth called ‘Airflow’. It’s really good at getting below your gums.”
“Awesome,” I said.
Then she said, she would protect my face with a dental dam, then paint my teeth with a purple substance, the blast it off with water and grains of sugar alcohol.
“Wait, what,” I said. “You’re going to make my teeth purple and blast them with Splenda?”
And that’s what she did. “This is great,” I thought. “No more metal scrapey hook thing.”
But no. After the process I got the scrapey hook thing anyway. But maybe if I use this new toothbrush vigilantly there will be less scraping next time.
Okay. How purple, you ask. Barney purple.
And does it taste like Splenda? Yes, the little bit that mixed with my spit did.
2 responses to “New Dentist Technology”
Hmm. Appreciate the warning if my dental hygienist wants to try this. Reminds me of third grade when we were supposed to chew on those colored tablets that turned the plaque pink, and then brush our teeth. The guilty color only went away after several days of brushing. One of the ways our generation was saddled with guilt.
The biggest innovation at my dentist in the past few years is that they no longer ask me to periodically rinse & spit. Rather the hygienist sprays my teeth with water and then suctions it out. That seems like a good innovation.
Several years back my ear doctor touted a new better way to remove ear wax – by blasting it out with air. Supposed to be better than having the little tool actually touch one’s flesh. Less chance of infection. I tried it once – left me dizzy with vertigo for days.
Sorry to go on and on, but when is Medicine going to come up with a better option for colonoscopies?
CHM – Well, I do use that Cologuard alternative to the colonoscopy, but just because I have never had polyps. And, how well do I remember the shaming of the chew tablets.