Dentist from H-E double hockey sticks! (pretty long)

[OhBalls]

I wonder what is happening to our medical system....when I was a kid, the dentist was actually a FUN place to go....it was always so sparkly clean, everyone was sticky sweet...they even had that little "treasure chest" you could pick a toy from after your visit (I always took the little plastic whistle snake LOL)

I had a molar that has been bugging me for awhile...it didn't hurt or anything but it was a bit loose and just annoying.....I woke up the other day in pain, my boyfriend said I was grinding my teeth in my sleep...but within two days, the pain got so bad I wanted to rip my head off at the neck just to make it stop..

made a few phone calls and aparently it's "tooth season" and could not get an appointment anywhere.....except for one place

at our local MALL (yeah) there is a walk in dentist, where you pay cash up front, they do their thing and send you on your way...Of course, I had my reservations...afterall it WAS a WALK IN dentist....like getting your hair cut or something....I couldn't believe it....the place couldn't be all THAT bad, right? Hey, they even had a very nice wide screen TV with fake fish swimming around on the screen......

I should have known better when I didn't see the little "treasure chest"

But I "walk-in" anyway....take a couple X-rays and wait for the doctor.......mind you, I have this "THING" about doctors, dentists and the like...I would rather run a marathon through fire than go to the dentist....so not only am I covered in a sweaty nervous sheen, I'm visibly shaking....but no problem - I can handle this - there were KIDS in the waiting room after all...if they can do it, so can I...so I put on my brave face and followed the assistant when my name was called

(you can see where this is going can't ya?)

I am led into this little "Stall" seperated from the next "stall" by one of those office dividers...hm
I look around, there is a small sink...a dirty sink...in the corner....I look for the little spinny spit sink...nothing...well maybe they bring it in or it's hidden or something.....I made myself stop looking around when the assistant leaned on the back of my seat and talked about going on vacation to a co-worker...it was like a kid kicking the back of your seat in the movies...her big but banging my chair without regard to the person in it...hm

SO the dentist lady finally comes in and introduces herself...she was this wee little woman who was VERY nice and explained everything...she spoke slowly with a Russian accent...I noted how pretty the accent actually is...I felt comfortable letting her in my mouth....BIG MISTAKE!!

When, this tiny wee Russian took her little demon dental pick and poked my tooth, I think my foot actually got stuck in the ceiling for a second...I thought I was gonna smack her but she said she was sorry in her tiny little soft spoken accent and I settled back in....

I had two teeth that needed removing and the novicane (sp) was NOT something I was looking forward to....and I don't think the needle was "actually" four feet long but HOLY CRAP I swear it laughed before she poked me with it....."just breath through your nose" she said....breath through my nose??? I would rather give birth to twins right about now lady!! YOU breath through my nose!!

i needed to spit...where WAS that spit sink?

so now everything was numb...i could not even yell at the tiny little dentist lady with the deceivingly nice voice...actually, I think if I did, I would have just drooled on myself...

I STILL needed to spit!! Anyone seen the spit sink?

When I came to...yes, I passed out, not from pain, I was numb as could be....i was ummm overwhelmed....she asked if I was ok....i thought she would stop and let me try another day...but nooooooo

The first tooth (the loose one) came out easily...no problem (thats another thing, shouldn't SHE have paid ME for loosening it for her? hehe)...the second tooth however was not so easy...

Ummm, spit sink?

Nope...no spit sink, just an extra big sucky thingy straw...you know, that thing that sucks under your tongue and you swear it will suck your tongue right into it! well THAT was the spit sink and it was HUGE....I kept my tongue wayyyy back

she spoke to her assistant and moments later came at me with (I swear) the jaws of life..LOL...Okay, it was an extraction tool but just looking at this thing made me want to run....she let me calm down for a minute because by this time I was shaking so bad it looked like I had convulsions when I exhaled...

I steadied my nerves....really, the tears were nothing....i could handle this...so I let her continue....she put the JAWS OF TOOTH DEATH on my mouth...wiggle wiggle...hey, this isn't so bad...wiggle....nothing

more talking between her and her assistant...I'm told I might feel pressure and a little pinch....Oh joy

I swear this wee dentist lady with the soft voice and the pretty accent turned into the MOST beastly Russian wrestler I have ever seen!! I think at one point she braced her foot on my forehead for leverage...

but it was out....my poor defenceless tooth was nestled gently in the bloody jaws of tooth death...and suddenly the dentist was a wee little gentle lady again....i was stuffed with cotton, my wallet was raped and I was sent on my way...i left kind of scared..LOL....where the heck was the dang spit sink???

I am supposed to go back for a filling....think I'll pass.....I am sore, swollen and miserable

and I didn't get my cheap little snake whistle

[echs332000]

sounds like when i went to the dentist. a big guy with the jaws if life broke my tooth off at the gumline. He said "oop" i said "wtf do you mean oops" lol long story short i had to go to a oral surgeon to get the tooth removed....


i would rather get a full physical(when they stick the cottom swab up your peepee) than go back to that dentist

[stangs13]

You haven't been to the dentist lately have you.....

[Cheryl Marchek aka JM]

Great story!
I think I've seen that dentists brother~ but when the tooth death tool wasn't doing the job he got out~
HAND TO GOD I SWEAR............
He got out what looked to me like a screwdriver and a hammer!!
And KNOCKED the tooth loose! THEN he actually seemed surprised when the assistant said "I think she's going into shock"
THEN they opened the front door and let me leave..........
Thank God I didn't have a car~ I had to walk home.......the nice police man who stopped me in front of the elementary school because he thought I was a stumbling, drooling blood DRUNK or DRUGGIE gave me a ride home.

It's amazing. I paid him to knock that tooth OUT with a hammer and screwdriver~ AND I paid the NEXT dentist (not the same dentist) to SAVE the teeth my son knocked loose (jumped into my face when we were playing)

[OhBalls]

Great story!
I think I've seen that dentists brother~ but when the tooth death tool wasn't doing the job he got out~
HAND TO GOD I SWEAR............
He got out what looked to me like a screwdriver and a hammer!!
And KNOCKED the tooth loose! THEN he actually seemed surprised when the assistant said "I think she's going into shock"
THEN they opened the front door and let me leave..........
Thank God I didn't have a car~ I had to walk home.......the nice police man who stopped me in front of the elementary school because he thought I was a stumbling, drooling blood DRUNK or DRUGGIE gave me a ride home.

It's amazing. I paid him to knock that tooth OUT with a hammer and screwdriver~ AND I paid the NEXT dentist (not the same dentist) to SAVE the teeth my son knocked loose (jumped into my face when we were playing)

What's next? "Hi, welcome to Burger King Dental care....that's a number three and a root canal?...please drive to the window!!"

I have to wait till April to get into the office I went to as a child...LOL....I'm waiting...i want my snake whistle...hehehe

[Muze]

I am really lucky. One of my best friends is a dentist that scored in the top 3 of the board exams in Florida. His office is so relaxing, it's almost a pleasure to go...

[hoax]

I go to Dr. Joshua Smith in Crowley, TX it is a 45 minute drive and I go past at least a hundred dentist offices on my way there.

What I am trying to say is this is the best dentist I have ever been to!

He is a young handsome man and the assistants he has are all attractive and very knowledgeable!!!!

He is great with my wife (she's the one who says he is handsome) and he is great with my son. I am scared to death of the dentist (I'm 23.... )

I would report that dentist to your local health department if it is unsanitary and that unprofessional they will most likely look into them. It will not hurt ether way.

The next time you have tooth problems call me pay for my plane fare and get me some dinra and I will yank out your teeth or put cement filler in em or what ever you need!!!

Sausage

[Purrrfect9]

I'm sorry, i just about cried reading this! I think it's strange to me when people tell me they're afraid of the doctors office/dentist/whatever. I pretty much grew up in a hospital though. My mom was an ER nurse, so some nights I would go to work with her and sleep/hang out in the nurses lounge (YES ALL of the free CHOCOLATE MILK I WANT!!!). And then my dad's a firefighter, so I got my share of hospital visits from injuries from that (I totally grew into a pyro, lmao. LOVE making my own fireworks). So it's always... amusing's the word i guess, to me to hear about people being so afraid of them.

[hoax]

I'm sorry, i just about cried reading this! I think it's strange to me when people tell me they're afraid of the doctors office/dentist/whatever. I pretty much grew up in a hospital though. My mom was an ER nurse, so some nights I would go to work with her and sleep/hang out in the nurses lounge (YES ALL of the free CHOCOLATE MILK I WANT!!!). And then my dad's a firefighter, so I got my share of hospital visits from injuries from that (I totally grew into a pyro, lmao. LOVE making my own fireworks). So it's always... amusing's the word i guess, to me to hear about people being so afraid of them.

Not every one can be a tough "guy" like you are.... some of us sissies are sensitive!!!!

J/K

[OhBalls]

I'm sorry, i just about cried reading this! I think it's strange to me when people tell me they're afraid of the doctors office/dentist/whatever. I pretty much grew up in a hospital though. My mom was an ER nurse, so some nights I would go to work with her and sleep/hang out in the nurses lounge (YES ALL of the free CHOCOLATE MILK I WANT!!!). And then my dad's a firefighter, so I got my share of hospital visits from injuries from that (I totally grew into a pyro, lmao. LOVE making my own fireworks). So it's always... amusing's the word i guess, to me to hear about people being so afraid of them.

You know, It's funny...my entire family are nurses, including my brother...my boyfriend is parapalegic and I take care of him 24-7, so I know the ropes...I can handle blood and guts...I even have a scarifacation on my back....i have no idea what triggers it....it just happens