What is it about dentists…

…that seeing one always makes you feel about 10 years old. Being told your brushing technique needs work at 30 is somehow humiliating.

Being told that South Asians, in addition to having a higher propensity for diabetes, also have a greater propensity for gum diseases, makes me feel a bit like a genetic fluke, and worry a little about Hippo’s state of being.

Here’s yet another reason to hope s/he takes after his/her mother.