Ask your dentist out on a date?

Answer: It's OK to ask, but don't be surprised if you get turned down. It may have nothing to do with you as a person. Many dentists have personal rules against dating patients. It can tend to blur the lines of the patient/doctor relationship, and that can get messy with ethical, clinical, and legal problems.

On the other hand, go ahead and ask, and take whatever answer is given. If you don't ask, you never give him/her a chance to say yes.