Saturday, June 27

My Dentist's *LOVE* advice

In Coconut Grove, Florida, a very special dentist runs a very special practice.

Dr. Gaines has been known to break into song, for example, while he is finishing up your tooth, you might hear, "We are living, in a Material, a Material, World..."

He has pictures of his tigers that he used to keep as pets and that he used to bring in to the office when it was allowable. Now he just has cats... I think.

While waiting in one of the treatment rooms Friday, I overheard him say to another patient,
"Well, that is his fucking loss!!!" and, "What do you know about this ho?" and "Well, let's get your resume over to..." "You know what, he did you a favor. He freed you up for a better life!" "I know it hurts to hear this right now, but he did you a favor." (he tells me later the schmuck left his wife after 11 years on her birthday...my favorite part is that he told her, "you are freed up for a better life." He said, "she can do anything she wants to now... she could go to school, be a pilot...anything she wants....)

Once when I went in, after doing a good bout of yoga, he said,
"You look great, what have you been doing?" "Yoga, and paying attention to myself," I said. "Well, good, you have to do that before they put you in the ground," he said.

This is a dentist with some major personality, as you can see, and even more heart.

Oh, and he does great dental work, and often doesn't charge me for little fixes.

Sometimes a whole waiting room is sitting there, and we are thinking he is back there working on someone, and the door will open dramatically, and in he comes, with his sunglasses, a bemused look, as if surprised he is a dentist, and surprised this is where he works, and his gym backpack, and don't forget his cowboy (?) boots. We just smile. We love him. He makes us all happy. That is all there is to it.

13 comments:

  1. If I had a dentist like that I would love going and not fear it so much. You're very fortunate to have a dentist with a amazing personality!

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  2. this is the funniest, most interesting and sincere post. wow! thanks so much for sharing this story. you are a lucky gal to have such a guy in your life....
    thanks for your visits to OSH!!!!

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  3. Well Dr FUN sounds like a blast....particularly 'cause who really even LIKES going to the dentist?!

    We have one here that bakes bread in their office...so the smell of it baking relaxes you, then they give you a loaf to take home. Wild, eh?

    Speaking of your mosaic you want to do...I'm going to have to do a post on my friends mosaic she did in her doorway...fantastic!

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  4. How cool is this dentist? I have a cool dentist too, but not that cool. To be "Freed for a better life"... I think this might become my new motto.

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  5. That man sounds like a blast..., you must really enjoy going to the dentist!?

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  6. yes, he has achieved the miracle of making people like going to the dentist!!! :) Once while he was working on me, he affectionately tweaked my nose! Then he started talking about how he could tell his cats had been fighting because one of them had a scratched up nose...

    once he also quoted Rachel Carson to me, about how things are connected... I am trying to find the quote but it is not one of the usual suspects available online :) I'll have to ask him for it again...

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  7. Aweeee! How darling!? He seems worth a drill here and there to visit! Xoxo-BLC

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  8. There should be more docs like him in the world. Ones that aren't afraid to discuss hos!

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  9. It's nice to see someone in a medical field (and one that people fear as invasive) not afraid to be a person, rather than a clinician.

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  10. LOL, how funny. Sounds like the guy really loves what he does and it shows!

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  11. It might be worth moving to Florida for such a fabulous dentist...and your days at the beach (!!!). Last week it was in the 50's here on Cape Cod. In JUNE. This week it's 70 and pouring every day.

    Visiting your bliss made me very, very happy...

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  12. He sounds awesome! I love my dentist, but she's pretty boring compared to yours.

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