The most important thing he learned today was not to give himself a time limit. His patient asked how long the appointment would be and Ty told him 2 hours...oopsie! Try almost 4. But it's a student clinic. It's always gonna take longer than expected. Ty's never done ANY dental work on patients yet(hopefully they are not fully aware of that fact) and every step has to be passed off by his instructors. Does anyone have any hints on how to make small talk? I'm sure Ty would appreciate any tips, or interesting facts he could bring up to entertain his patients while waiting.Here is Ty's newest patient. She has gotten 4 teeth in the past 2 weeks. Maybe that explains why some of our days recently have begun at 4:30!? Wahoo for teeth!
Say goodbye to the "gummy grandma" smile (Sorry Mom. Now that she is a grandma she takes slight offense at "grandma" comments like that. You know when I say that, I'm talking about "grandma grandmas" right mom?)! *****update-make that six teeth as of Wednesday*****
Despite the "muckification" I think Ty looks pretty cute...move over Dr. McDreamy! Congrats on doing well on your boards too! May I suggest brushing up (Ha! Ha!) on the old missionary discussions...you'll have a captive audience for a few hours that can't talk back! Now I think I will go "gum" some dinner down! Hee! Hee!
ReplyDeleteLook at those darling teeth! My advice to Ty is: NO SMALL TALK!! I grew up the the chattiest hygenist. As my mouth is pried open to the max, with crap all over my teeth, with her hand in my mouth doing something, she feels the need to ask me a question such as, "How was Africa?" that requires way more than Uh-hu. How the heck are you supposed to small talk when you are getting your teeth worked on?? Sorry- bad memories!
ReplyDeleteit feels so good getting sucked off once the teeth start coming
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