so, i made another appointment with a different dentist down the street, in the same mall that i do groceries in. and, i'm just checking up on the differences in education, and it's profound.

the dentist i saw today got his dentistry qualifications from a small jesuit school in detroit. he otherwise has an undergraduate degree in physics. if he went to grad school, he's not advertising it.

the person i'll see tomorrow has a doctorate in dental medicine from boston university, a phd from the wayne state university school of medicine, and masters and bachelors from the shanghai second medical university. she's also licensed in canada.

in the end, i might be wrong; it would be hard for me to disagree with her, if she tells me she wants to drill. we'll see what happens.