"Ultra" sonic?

I had my teeth cleaned today. Yes I am a big baby. Let's just get that the fuck out the way k? Actually this is something I don't mind usually. Usually I don't have a rear view mirror into it. They use this water shooting pick device now and it's not too terribly unpleasant except it sounds like a fucking drill. I don't need to tell you what the drill sounds like. Do I? No. I'm sure they were at the dental convention going yeah this ultra-sonic thing is great. We can clean more teeth in a faster time with less pain, but could you please add some sound to it? You know something like that great high pitched sound that we added to the drill a few years back? You know we need to have that level of disconcerting that the patient is used to or comfortable with.

So I asked her what it was called she said it was called something like ultrasonicdualcleanerwatershootingfuckupyerhead thing. I said, "Ultra sonic? I think you should get it looked at because I can still hear it, and I'm not a dog."

She laughed. I bled.

Then out came the mirror. Is it bad enough that it hurts? No. Is it bad enough that I can taste the blood? No. Apparently I need to see the blood on the teeth to really let me see what the fuck is up with my retainer. Now we're flossing. We need to show JR how to floss around his retainer. People let's face it. Nobody flosses. OK dental hygienist out there (I know of at least one that reads this. Hi, Kristy.) We don't do it. We nod when you tell us to. We will even lie right up your nose about it. WE DON'T FLOSS. We don't do it. We buy it. We take it in our goody bag. (who came up with the word goody anyways?) We don't use it. OK we might floss the week before the cleaning. That's it. The rest of the floss sits in the drawer til we toss it out because we got ourselves another god-forsaken goody bag...