That Periodontist

A tooth before it’s messed with

Recently, I went to a new dentist for an estimate on what a new crown would cost.

My previous dentist, who I think had Parkinson’s, did the crown but ground down the existing tooth so low the crown fell out.  A new dentist took over his practice and I made an appointment to see him. I was first in the waiting room but an hour later, I was still waiting and other patients had gone in for services. So I left.

The new dentist I found I liked. He sent me to a periodontist to find out if the gum around the tiny stump of the existing tooth needed to be cut back before a crown or an implant was performed.  This man seemed quite efficient, knowledgeable, had videos & an explanation of what was involved. I liked him okay until the end. When he asked me where I was from.

“I was born and raised in Venezuela.”

“It’s great that trump abducted Maduro,” he replied.

“Yeah, it is. But his people are still in control. Venezuelans are still suffering. And what this administration is doing in Minnesota, with ICE, is tragic.”

“Protesters resisted. Here in Palm Beach County  we had  No Kings protests & there wasn’t any problem…”

“I know. I went to that protest.”

Right then, he got this look on his face – subtle but there – that told him I didn’t share his admiration of the trump admin.”Well, that Scott Bessant and Marco Rubio in his administration are smart.”

Huh? “They are?” Bessant, a gay man with two kids who is part of a party that strips rights from gay people? Rubio, who acts along the same lines as Fidel Castro, the dictator responsible for his family leaving Cuba??

And that was where it ended. I got an estimate from the woman at the front desk. I would need an implant- which meant the existing tooth had to be extracted and then the implant inserted. Price: $2400.

When I told Rob about what had happened, he rolled his eyes. “Why did you talk politics?”

Hey, he asked where I was from so I told him.I didn’t start it. Now I’ve got a new dentist I’m going to see for an estimate,

I refuse to pay a trumpie for anything. So maybe I should ask this new dentist straight out if he’s a trumpie!