Here's the Answer to the Question in my Last Post

Old Dental Technology
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
June 21, 2021 12:26pm CST
The picture in my last post is shown here in context. It appears this dental hygienist is recycling a bit of old dental technology to decorate the front of her office. She must have some help because the office building, formerly a house, is really big. It must have lots of rooms. This technology shows you the old style dentist drill that @BarBaraPrz referred to as the instrument of torture. Today we no longer have to spit into a bowl when the dentist wants to remove water from our mouths. The dentist has a handy little attachment that sucks it out without our having to change positions. That round thing on the right wasn't to hold a pizza. It was for the tray that held the dentist's tools. Back in the old days, the dentist didn't always have an assistant handy to hand him things. @LadyDuck also got this right with my hint. I'm guessing the rest of you either didn't go to the dentist when you were young, are so young the technology had changed before your first dental visit, or your country used a different technology back in the 1950s and 1960s. The past kind of blurs together for me now, so I don't remember now exactly when the new technology replaced the old. Maybe I'll ask my dentist tomorrow, though she also may be too young to remember. Now back to finding the perfect picture I need for a Medium post so I can finish writing it. Looked through hundreds of pictures in my files, trying to put them in my Amazon Photo Albums, but still didn't find the one I'm looking for. I can easily get an edited copy from a former blog post, but it's smaller than I want for this post. I'm trying to find the original and I can't find the date it was taken so I can locate it in my files easily. I have thousands of photos in my files. Do you ever have trouble finding a photo in your digital files?
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
21 Jun 21
My photos are listed as type, not date. It can take me a little while to run through them but at least I know which file the photo I'm looking for should be in.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jun 21
Amazon photos currently shows 97,030 photos taken between 1970 and 2021. The ones between 1970 and 2002 were mostly scans of paper photos. Amazon also lists 97,745 undated photos. Those are probably edited versions of the originals. My folders holding camera uploads are dated and have a general name, but there's no way I have time to title each individual photo when I upload it. I do title all the photos I edit and organize them into folders to make them easier to find. Sunday I was looking for an unedited photo and I had no idea which camera I'd used or when I took the photo except it had been before 2011. That gave me about 13,000 to look through.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
22 Jun 21
I am always having difficulty finding pictures to use--do you like writing for Medium?
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• United States
23 Jun 21
@bagarad Good to know. I keep wondering if spending the money is worth it, but I would love to have a place for my legal articles
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• United States
25 Jun 21
@bagarad I think I will take a look at this more in-depth--Thank you so much for your information--I will look for you there
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Jun 21
@divalounger Th free reading is worth the price.to me. After paying my $50 annual membership (or you can pay $5 a month) I always come out in the black at the end. If you can write somethign at least five days a week that people may want to read you shouldn't have any problem doing the same. And you do't have to limit yourself to one topic.
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
23 Jun 21
I think I saw that photo on Facebook or Instagram. I never saw anything like that being born in the 80s but I remember I guessed correctly what it is. I absolutely that the doctors office in your photo put that out as a decoration. That really is so neat to see.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Jun 21
For sure it's unique. A great way to recycle and reusee and keep it out of landfills.
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@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
22 Jun 21
Photos must be smaller than 3MB, if the files are larger you cannot upload them here. The first time I went to the dentist I was 6 (i needed brackets), so the year was 1957, the dentist equipment was a lot more "modern" than what you showed in your photo. We do not need to spit while the hygienist clean our teeth, but we have to rinse and spit when the job is finished, before she applies the fluoride paste.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jun 21
I"ve corrected the photo now. Someday I'll have to post about my own first dental encounter. I think I was seven or eight. We don't have to spit any more. I actually got my teeth cleaned today. I still don't enjoy the experience because I have receding gums. All those tools, the air, and the cold water hit my nerves.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Jun 21
@LadyDuck I go every three now, or even every two.
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@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 21
@bagarad We do not have to spit during the whole procedure, but before the doctor dry your mouth to apply the fluoride (that you have to keep on your teeth 5 minutes) you have to carefully wash with water and a disinfectant and then to spit. I go every 6 months, my husband every three.
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@wolfgirl569 (96024)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jun 21
I have many of mine by date but as I upload them I also tag them. That helps with a search
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jun 21
I often upload as many as 200 at a time from a photo shoot and there's no way I can title anything but the folder they are in until I edit the ones I need to use. I just don't have time.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jun 21
So cool to know what your photo was. Wow!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jun 21
That round thing that looks like a wheel should be holding a pizza, right?
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Jun 21
@bagarad Right!
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@BarBaraPrz (45615)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Jun 21
I think I was in grade 11 (68/69) when I first encountered that suction thing. What an improvement!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
22 Jun 21
I think the great improvement was when they got rid of that noisy drill and replaced it with a quiter one.
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@mom210 (9041)
• United States
30 Jul 21
Yes, I feel like one day I will get organized, but I think it'll be when all the kids are gone.
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
24 Jun 21
I’ve been going to the dentist since I’ve had baby teeth, but never noticed that torture machine. Never had a cavity until after college. Lol! Thank goodness for modern dentistry!