Molar Bear

This week, I had the good fortune to observe at the dentist office of Dr. Drake.  Though I want to go to medical school, I believe it is important to observe as much as I can regarding the different types of medical professions.  I enjoyed the experience quite a bit.  It was my lucky day in a sense that the doctor had a lot of different types of procedures to perform.  I saw everything from a veneer, a tooth pulling, x-rays, crowns, fillings, impressions, implants, and a bridge.  Perhaps one of the things with which I was impressed was the overall rhythm of the office.  Due to the nature of working in one area (the mouth), you have to work in very close quarters with about two other people.  Despite this, the doctor and his assistants appeared to be like dancers, gracefully going where they had to go without a lot of wasted motion or movement.  This flow of motion also has the added benefit of making the day go buy quickly.  Also, despite the serious nature of the procedures being performed, all seemed to be able to have fun and laugh throughout the day.  I found this to put the patients at ease.  Seeing that Dr. Drake is also my dentist, one of the highest compliments I can pay to him and his staff is that I actually look forward to going to my dentist appointments; how many people can say that?  The title of this post is in reference to a mascot I thought of for the office.  They should have a part teddy bear and part molar tooth mascot and name him molar bear.  Instead of being stuffed with normal stuffed animal stuffing, perhaps he could be stuffed with floss.  If molar bear had a pet, what kind of pet would he have....a canine of course!