It
is time to continue my "old sayings" blogs. This time it is 1972 UCLA School of
Dentistry's Dr. Jennet. He was my group director and practiced dentistry for
years in Portland, Oregon. He retired and I was blessed to have him as my
clinical instructor for my 4 years at UCLA. Based on his experiences in private
practice and at UCLA he was able to observe dentistry from several different
angles. Thus his wealth of old sayings was substantial. How about one of my
favorites first “Dentistry is not expensive, Neglect is.” That is even more
true in 2016 than it was in 1972. If you want to "feel good" you need to take care
of yourself, and that includes your teeth! Don’t ignore your symptoms is what
Dr. Jennet was trying to get through, if you do it will cost you time, energy and
probably a lot of money to fix a problem that should never of occurred. To that end old saying #2 comes to mind. “You only have to floss
the teeth you want to keep.” What he was saying is also part of his old saying #3,
“there is nothing better for you than a little appropriate oral hygiene.”
Obviously, Dr. Jennet like myself, lived and breathed dentistry. But I firmly
believe he did not like being in the dental chair any more than I do today. Which
leads me to his 4th saying “dentistry is like Christmas, it is better to give
than to receive,” You have to admit he did have a weird sense of humor. See you at
my next blog.
