The dreaded CAVITRON!

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Yesterday I went to my dental hygientist for a nice cleaning. So, she decides to use the CAVITRON on my mouth. This was my first time and I actually think I now have PTSD from the freakin' CAVITRON. I had a total loss of time/space perspective while under the CAVITRON. After she was done, I actually had to check if I was missing an eye, soiled myself, or bit her fingers off during the procedure because that's what a totally distressing experience it was. Last night I couldn't sleep because everytime I shut my eyes, I'd hear WHEEEEEE,SQUEEEEESSSHHHH,cushhhhh,cushhhhhh,cushhhhhh.........WHEEEEEE.............what a F'n nightmare. The CAVITRON did the job well but it clearly pushed me right off the edge. PHEW!! My fingertips and nails are very sore due to digging into the arm rests of the dental chair. Even my toes hurt...probably from being curled up too tightly. I have to go back in three more months. GULP! Maybe I'll develope Stockholm Syndrome and start to insist that she use the CAVITRON on me.

If you remember dental cleanings before all the high tech equipment, you'll remember that they were the equivalent of Chinese rat torture. Scrape scrape scrape, ok next tooth, scrape scrape scrape. Oh, you seem to have a cavity there, *poke* *YAAAHHH!* ok next tooth. I get the impression that the hygenists like cavitrons and all the other high tech stuff better too. My dentist recently discovered that if you put shades on the patient's face, he/she won't be clamping their eyes shut against the light. I recently saw a photo of an abandoned dentist's office in the Broderick Building in downtown Detroit. Cooling was provided by window fans. The only plus was the sweeping view of the city. I guess that's how the dentist distracted his patients in 1940.