Do you have Teeth Down There?

So after an X amount of time I've finally been to the dentist. I'm too ashamed to say how long but I quite haven't been prepared to try and fail with dentists, like I did with gynecologists here in this town.

So I went to the biggest office I knew, in the newest building I knew and hoped for the best. First impression was very good... clean, smart looking and clearly one of the dentists must be into photography judging from the magazines and pics on the walls, a good thing I decided.

I was then asked to fill in a form: Patient history...
I filled in First name, Last name, When I last went to the dentist, Medical conditions, The reason for the visit...

All normal stuff right.
Until the last two questions:

Do you use an IUD?

... Now imagine me staring blankly on the form.

I skipped to the last question: Do you use contraceptive pills?

... Now I was looking around to see if there were any signs of me having ended up in the wrong medical office... However they had asked me about my last DENTAL VISIT previously. All kind of weird questions were popping up in my head as to WHY ON EARTH a dental office needed to know what contraceptive methods I was using.

After a few more minutes I asked the No-Service-No-Smile secretary why this information was necessary and do you know what she asnwered??!

"I don't know... You know, it's just part of the form!"

HA! Now that was useful.

I then told the secretary with a little smile that, seeing her answer and since I don't have Teeth Down There, I'd just leave a blank answer there then. At which I got a shrug for answer and the opposite of a smile back :(

But from from there on the interpersonal exchanges got a lot better. The nurse and dentist were really kind and funny and they even gave a credible reason for the two previous unanswered questions. It was still a bit unclear but it had to do with patients who would be operated on, i.e dental implants and doses and types of medication a patient would be given.

MORAL: I've got perfect teeth despite a tiny, well long, OK, an eternal gap between dental visits! (Yay!) No need for dental surgery or implants and therefore no need to let my dentist know what contraceptive methods I currently use.

On a little personal side note: I can't help thinking that the nice and funny conversation with dentist and nurse was only due to the fact that they were not actually from here, but recently moved here from Northern France. All new KIND people I meet here are NOT actually from here...