“Skritch skritch skritch on your molars with his tiny tiny fingernails then a careful consideration of the plaque under those nails and finally sucking those tiny fingers clean before putting them back in your mouth to scrape away more plaque.”

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that monkeys are better suited to hygienist work than full-blown dentistry. There’s no way they’d have the patience to sit through 8 years of med school.