"Greatest Patient Ever"

I went to get the other half of my sealants fixed yesterday and was told that I was the greatest patient ever. That's always nice to hear after your ortho makes you feel like it's your fault that your jaw is crowded. I told the handsome dentist and his awesome assistant about how I was feeling towards my ortho. I can't figure out if she's pompous or not able to make a connection. Maybe it's because she doesn't laugh at my jokes.

He tells me specialists tend to miss out on the training general dentists get with patient interaction. He goes on to tell me that he teaches (at BU), and throughout his time as a teacher he refuses to sign off on students who may be brilliant but do not know how to talk to patients properly. He then went to check on another patient and his assistant and I chat away. She's in an intensive program at school to get her pre-reqs out of the way for grad school (can't remember if she wants to be a hygienist or a dentist). After discussing her difficult chem professor, she says to me out of the blue, "I can't wait for the day you walk in here and have a giant rock on your hand from your boyfriend". Wow! Talk about random. We've had the "how long have you been together" conversation before but really? Thanks, I guess.

It turns out my permanent onlay wasn't in yet. The dentist laughed and said it'll probably come in after I leave (it didn't), so I guess I'll have to come in next week for it. That will make a full 6 weeks of dental appointments.