to think my dentist is a ....

[onestepbeyond]

sanctamonious patronising arse! My daughter eats a healthy diet and has good teeth (with no plaque / decay) that we clean twice a day everyday. So why does my dentist feel the need to talk to me like I'm feeding her sugar cubes washed down with coke?

Yes I let her have an occasional treat and (apparently the biggest sin of all) fruit but does that really mean I need to leave everytime feeling like a terrible mother and about 2ft tall.

Rant over!

My dentist is great.

He's very patient with me as I'm nervous and has never made me feel an idiot about it.

He's also very patient with me about dd's teeth. She will have to see an orthodontist at some point but she hasn't enough adult teeth yet but I ask him every time as I'm worried about decay in the adult teeth she has got. He never even sighs!!

He does lecture but I use that to back up and support what I'm already telling the dcs.

This is interesting as OH and I both went for a check up with a new dentist and were impressed with how thorough she was with the questions and advice. IT was different to both of us.

I'd like to keep thinking it's because she is a good dentist, instead of because she needed to tick a few boxes to get paid.

I'm in Germany.

When I first saw my current dentist he told me that I had good teeth for a Brit

Although if Brits have such a rep for shit teeth, is that actually saying anything??!!

"Germans seem to value the piano-key American look."

Not the ones I know!

I think he was referring to the state of the NHS & the workload of dentists in it.

It's expensive here-& not unusual for people to have a toothbrush at their workplace.

Ah sorry, I get you now.

I think it's a celeb thing though, isn't it?