Little oak on a foggy morning

 Dentist appointment this afternoon to take out the rest of the crown that was broken, make an impression, and put a temporary in it's place.  The new dental assistant reintroduced herself to me and busied herself putting out equipment. The doc gave me a shot to numb up my lower jaw but instead my upper jaw, cheek, and nose went numb.  Maybe something is odd about my nerve placement 'cause this has happened more than once w/ other docs.  Fortunately this doc checked to see if the area was numb and when it wasn't gave me another shot a little closer to the affected tooth.  Well numbed up and w/ an admonishment from the doc to not laugh, he and the assistant set to work.  She must not have ever done this type of process before 'cause he was explaining the purpose of the tent like thing they had spread deep in my mouth to catch bits of porcelain crown.  The assistant commented to the doc that it also kept my tongue out of the way.  That began them swapping tales about how other dentists they had known had nicked tongues with drills.  Mouth firmly wedged wide open I could only move my eyes from doc to assistant.  These guys weren't kidding!  I'd always hoped the drills wouldn't cut soft tissue - similar to the saw used to cut off plaster casts or maybe those wood saws that automatically stop when they hit flesh.  I wasn't in a position to ask at the moment.  They went on to talk about dentists making cuts so deep the dentist had to put in sutures.  The dentist then asked the assistant for 'Blue Mousse'.  She seemed a bit unsure of which it was so he patiently explained the difference between the 'blue' and the 'yellow'.  Then they moved their discussion to 'bodily fluids'.  The assistant was OK w/ pus but not w/ nose bleeds.  The dentist said in the age before all dentists wore masks - at this point he looked me in the eyes and said "You remember that." - a student at his dental school had a nose bleed and a drop of blood had fallen into the eye of his patient!  They stopped talking and the doc asked the assistant to make up a bonding agent for the temporary crown.  She reached for something and he quickly said "No, don't use that or we'll have to drill it off - use this stuff for temporaries."  Their discussion then moved to 'iris scissors that were created for ophthalmologists but dentists liked them because they were so small and elegantly sharp.  Afterward I stood at the front desk and asked how much my bill was.  As I made out the large check I told the receptionist it was worth every penny.  "Where else can you get dental work and a floor show at the same time!"  My next appointment is in three weeks - wonder what their Halloween material will be like?