Bwaaaahaaaahaaaa.
When I first read the thread title, I thought it was a new kind of vacuum sweeper!
OK. I know. I have to get out more.
If it was my house, I’d be VERY interested, carlotta!
carlotta, now that would be worth spending money on! If you find such a service, would you share phone numbers?
I’ve decided to get another dentist. The comments about his failing to discuss it with me, and the need to trust your dentist were right on target. Besides, the thought of letting this guy into my mouth does sort of creep me out.
Hopefully, if I do need the deep cleaning, it won’t be too bad. They’ll have to do it with just novocaine, though, because I don’t like the idea of a dentist giving me general anesthetic - I’ve seen those guys in my Advanced Life Support classes, and it’s a bit scary.
Thanks for the feedback!
You seem to know an awful lot about what gigolos look like. Got any storys you’d like to share? 
Can I just ask how you know this dentist shaves his body hair? My dentist tends to wear more than, say, a bathing suit when I go and get my teeth worked on.
The only story I have is about the nice young man who danced with me in New Orleans. He moved on pretty quickly when he figured out I just wanted to grab his butt for free. The dentist just looks like I would imagine a gigolo would. Maybe “lounge lizard” would be a better term.
The guy was wearing scrubs, and he had no hair on his forearms. I don’t mean he was just not a hairy guy, his arms were as smooth as a baby’s butt. If he shaves his arms, then I guess the rest is shaved, too. Unless he has some sort of OC problem with arm-hair. ewwww.
Hey there, I checked in with my sister. Here’s what she had to say (and all typos are hers).
Yeah, my sister is a little nuts with exclamation marks…
So, if you don’t have gingivitis or periodontitis, and “deep cleaning” isn’t covered by insurance, is it possible that it might just be a high margin procedure, and thrown in like an extended warranty?
That is, it is helpful, not necessarily for your teeth, but his business. Which would be more like a used car salesman, in this case…
AZCowboy, you win a kewpie doll! 
Barbarian,
Tell your sister ‘thanks’ for me, and assure her that I have renewed my determination to floss daily. Sorry, but twice a day is just not going to happen.
Hmmm, so my dentist is a hairless gigolo lounge-lizardy used-car-salesman?
ewww.