I had been dreading my dentist appointment for awhile. The thought of those long silver needles going into my mouth, the unsympathetic dentist drilling away at my teeth, the drool-causing numbness, and the metallic, bloody taste in my mouth was not my idea of a good day.
Resigned to my fate, I walked into the dentist's office, signed in, sat down, and waited for the dreaded cavity-filling to begin. The dental assistant called my name and sat me down in the chair. And then she asked the golden question: "Would you like your laughing gas to smell like vanilla or mint?" she placed the elephant-like nozzle over my nose and I started breathing in the vanilla magic. Once the nitrous oxide started working--I was taken to a euphoric la la land and all thoughts of dreading the dentist vanished and it turned into the best day of my whole year! (that is, until the laughing gas and numbness wore off.)
Okay I'm not a psycho druggie wannabe or anything, but MAN that stuff is good! Did you know laughing gas comes from the bacteria in soils and oceans? Crazy!
2 comments:
I didn't know you had an option. I always got the nasty banana flavored gum number, but I was too scared to get a shot so I griped the chair while they drilled my mouth. This was until I was like, um, 21. Yeah, what a freak. Anyhow, I was so excited to see you had a blog! My portfolio one is old, the real blog is the jandhmoore.blogspot.com. Fun to find you!!
Vanilla sounds lovely. A vanilla dream-glad things went ok at the dentist's. My least favorite part of going there is when the dentist has the nerve to ask you question while he lunges a metal stick into your mouth.
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