>>Ooh, I bet he was one of those dentists who have a laser. I've
>>been wanting to try one of those.
>
>Yeah, um, forgive me for saying this, but the only adequate response
>to seeing a dentist with a laser is AAAAAARGH!

A dentist I saw had one for her older patients who still had their own teeth and whose gums weren't up to the scraper on it, and said it worked rather well and no one complained except to say it made their mouth a little warm.

My response was, predicably, "Wrrrrgl."

(...I didn't get the laser.)

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