So as a newly retired dental hygienist I keep replying when asked if I miss the job, "I am surprised, but no I do not miss it." What I miss is the people of course!! What I don't miss is: the ropey saliva sucking, the rock hard calculus that's a result of the patient not knowing how long its been since their last cleaning and the probing of pockets.
However I was wrong!
I just power washed my flagstone walkway and patio will all the gusto and precision I used for the oral cavity.
So I may not have been scaling off calculus with my favorite Universal scaler but i was removing very thick algae. Just like the example I would use when the term "plaque" went to "bio film". I would compare the patients unclean teeth to that of river rocks coated with green film.
Well anyway, on to the cleaning of the stone. It took a very long time to do!! It wasn't just a clean sweep. Some of the flagstone was smooth but some pieces were irregular like fossil pieces. As I was using the power washer and seeing the green film disappear with excitement, I remembered a patient's remark when I was using the prophy jet on him. He told me that the baking soda and water blast in his mouth was the way graffiti is removed from buildings in Chicago.(with a larger hose of course)
So I added baking soda to the machine and got down to business. I attacked every crack and crevice with such precision I realized I miss my profession after all!
If anyone needs their stone cleaned contact me at SmileScapesUSA.
Just give me a few days to rest my hands!!!
