I hate the Dentist, I dread entering that sterile white room and lying down on the Craftmatic adjustable torture chair. I have not been to a dentist in roughly 2 years, this is not do to lack of hygiene, but rather lack of health insurance. Now that I am covered I saw it necessary to go back to the place that always see,s to chastise me for poor oral maintenance, and subject myself to the long forgotten mouth pain. I say mouth pain because I think that mouth pain should be classified in its own category of pain. Think about it, you kick me in the shin, sure it is goig to hurt, but when you dig deep in between my gums and teeth with a tiny stainless steel hook, the throbbing and irritation far exceeds any muscle or joint pain I have experienced in a long long time. Perhaps I am being to hard on these fine people who have chosen this profession. All I know is that when I walked into that office yesterday, I did not feel my heart beat in my mouth. When I left, I could taste my heat beats per minute. I have been hearing the same song and dance from these people since I was 10 years old. "You need to floss better." "You have the begining of gum disease." "If you keep smoking your teeth are going to fall out by the time you are 40." So my question is simple, if I have been maintaining the same brushing and flossing schedule since I was 10, and the hygienist has been warning me since I was 10, don't you think by now I would have serious periodontal disease? Why is it always the same diagnosis time after time? And finally are these hygienists the true mosaicists and not the dentist. Ask yourself who is causing the pain during your cleaning. The dentist usually just comes along after you have been scraped into submission and counts your teeth, which induces no additional pain, but that G.D hygienist seems to enjoy it a bit to much.