I am a total omnomnomagon today. Mr. Mock made us the most glorious steak and mashed potatoes and green beans dinner, and he bought a huge chocolate cake for dessert. And you know why? Because this morning, I had to go to the dentist. And you may recall how I feel about dental visits. I hate them SO MUCH. And it’s not like I even have toothular issues. I don’t. The last time I had a filling, I was like 8, and I’ve only ever had two fillings. I’ve never had root canals or crowns or anything like that. But I LOATHE AND DESPISE going to the dentist.
The same thing happened today as last time; specifically, I informed the hygienist immediately that I hated being there, I hated coming to the dentist, I hated the dental cleaning process, and I hated her. “It’s nothing personal,” I said, “but I hate your guts right now.” And she smiled broadly and giggled as if I didn’t mean it, which of course I did.
Mr. Mock knows how much I hate the dentist, and so I texted him afterwords to let him know that my visit was finished and that I hated it, and he said, “I’m sorry – is there anything I can do?” And I said, “The only thing that will help is one of your delicious steak dinners and a chocolate cake.” And he wrote back, “We’ll see.” And not only did he make me a delicious steak dinner and bring chocolate cake, he brought me a bouquet of flowers too.
I swear, I have no idea what I did to deserve him.
Off to have some cake! Omnomnomnomnom. 
Mr. Mock is THE MAN!!
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woot-woot!!
I am jealous. You have such a wonderful husband!
I am also a dentist, and hurt by your post!
Yesterday, I sang the Spiderman theme song with an 8 year old and discussed the pros and cons of being a superhero. It CAN be fun coming to see us!
Yep, your husband is the bomb!
Mock – I’m blessed to have a husband like yours. They’re pretty awesome.
I LOVE the “omnomnomagon”!!! That sounds much better than Pac-Man, by far!
I’m like ChrissyB, and have a husband like yours, Mock. They are an uncommon species, but we are all very lucky to have them!
My dentist is also the bomb. When I finally went to mine, I was suffering panic attacks stemming from a STUPID *insert other bad names here* pediatric dentist who caused me pain during a cavity filling procedure and didn’t listen to me. So, I told my latest dentist this, and he’s such a sweetheart, he talked me very gently and lovingly, and PATIENTLY through every step, waiting for me as long as it would take to get through to the next step so I could be treated and be on my way.
It was all at my own pace, he never, ever acted like I was taking “too much time” or anything. As a result, I no longer have panic attacks and have actually been able to have 5 crowns done by him, and a handful of replacement fillings with no problems. I had to go through a couple dentists to find this one, though!
Tina, I feel your pain. My pediatric dentist leaned on my chest and pulled my remaining baby teeth with a pair of pliars, and more than once put in fillings before the novocaine had taken effect. My new dentist is awsome, not to mention easy on the eyes! I even feel comfortable to have him work on my kids, which is huge for me. Best way to go to the dentist? XANAX!!
WTH is it with the childhood dentists being losers!? Mine was an alcoholic… as I later learned. And would numb the wrong side of my mouth… numerous times.
Yuck.
And Mock, I’s thinking about going back to school for dentistry… Does this mean you’ll hate me too?
To quote our president, Let Me Be Clear.
I LOVE my dentist. I totally totally love him. He is super nice, and always showers me with compliments so that by the time I leave I feel like I’m a total supermodel. It’s not that I dislike HIM in any way, or that I dislike dentists on a personal level. It’s that I hate hate hate hate hate any dental PROCESS. I hate cleanings, and I hate fluoride, and I hate the scraping and the flossing and the polishing and the suctioning and the spraying. I hate all of it.
But my dentist? Fabulous.
Yeesh, for going for a teeth cleaning? Man, where can I get one of those?
(I am currently dealing with mysterious pain in a molar that I have had TWO, yes, TWO root canals done on. I think I might be growing new roots or something.)
I thought you wouldn’t need to go back to the dentist until 2012. Does this mean you are going to begin going to the dentist on a more more regular bassi than every 3-4 years? Well I hate the dentist too, but I just ask for the shot right off hand. I’m not scared of that… it doesn’t hurt at all and then I just close my eyes and listen to my ipod, what kills me are the noises and drilling sounds if I block all that out then I am a happy camper.
Punky and Quite Contrary–my pediatric dentist never realized that I’m one of those special kind of patients for whom it takes a LOT of novocaine to numb completely. The filling procedure was done when I wasn’t numb yet! I mumbled “ouch” a handful of times and HE told ME that “it doesn’t hurt, open your eyes”…yeah, right, YOU sit here and I’LL drill on you and you can tell me what hurts and what doesn’t, is what I thought. I remember being leaned on heavily while having my baby teeth pulled, too.
Now that I have a fantastic dentist, we’ve learned that it takes 4 full shots of novocaine to numb me enough to do work in my mouth with no pain or discomfort of any kind. We’ve also learned that when I get that much novocaine it drops my blood sugar to the point that I get full body shakes, but he’s great and keeps Capri Suns in his fridge for patients like me. I’m fine once I have one of those!
Mallory – you have a good memory! I had every intention of just waiting until 2012, but because my teeth have been so super sensitive since the LAST visit, I decided to go back and give them hell for that. And they gave me prescription toothpaste and everything! Woot!
Tina, my new dentist now gives me shots of novocaine directly into the tooth. It works great, and the best thing is he doesn’t mess around! I also like that he doesn’t try to push the “extras,” like tooth whitening, and the like. I have really bad teeth, so I see him a lot! I also love that when one of my teeth goes bad, and I have horrendous pain, he gets me in immediately, and calls over to the oral surgeon to get me in right away.
I have the opposite problem…I react too well to Novocaine. I have spent a lot of time and money in dentist offices and I have only had one bummer.
Now as to the hygienists…that’s another story. Personally I think we should have the hygienists clean the teeth of terrorists…THEY WILL TELL US EVERYTHING WE WANT TO KNOW!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Burning eyeballs, I totally agree!!!! Just the scraping alone will get them to talk!!