New boss

I have a new boss. He's a pretty cool guy. He has a dog that he brings to work. He eats my cereal that I brought in to the office. To make up for eating it, he took me out to dinner at Goss's and showed me the stuffed elephant head and a panoramic picture of some bison.

He's an endodontist, which means he treats the roots of teeth. He's also my brother.

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I am now back from 5 days in South Dakota. I have 5 more to go next week, which will be focused mainly on learning new computer software for Mike's endo practice. I am pretty excited.

I do have pictures, but I am too tired to post them right now. And I have scrub pants to hem up.

I will tell a little bit about today. I got x-rayed a couple of times with the new x-ray gun. Mike doesn't have a fixed x-ray on a movable arm like I've seen at every other dental office; he has a hand-held gun. The dental assistants had to practice with it and used each other, the trainer, and me as guinea pigs. I specifically asked for tooth #14 to be x-rayed because I'd been having some sensitivity issues with it.

Dr. Mike looked at the x-ray (delivered instantaneously via computer--no x-ray film to develop! Isn't technology great?) and concluded that I do not have any root issues. He hypothesized that I have been brushing my teeth too hard and have scratched off some soft enamel under the gum line and said I should use a fluoride rinse and maybe get a glass isonomer fill on it.

I am relieved that I don't have to have a root canal.