BS: My day at the dentist

Subject: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 03:16 PM

My dentist is very nice but I swear she looks just like a svelt Miss Piggy.

The other there dentist is from Turkey and swooned over my 4 year old son. He is an outrageous flirt.

So here is the new pardigm shift in dentistry.

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/dentist.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Amos
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:00 PM

LOL!!!

Looks like another Bush innovation!!


A

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:17 PM

A Gonzales memo says its OK.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:18 PM

Jaysus, Don. That one cut close to the bone.

I was always terrified of dentists. The smallest procedure was a BIG deal. Something as benign as having my teeth cleaned would leave my fingerprints in the metal arm rests of the dentist chair. It took an IV shot of demerol before the dentist--who was a dynamite and gentle practitioner of the black art--could get near my mouth to see what needed to be done. He didn't even have objects in his hand. It makes me wish I'd met jimmyt many years ago.

I have gone into some hazardous situations in my time, but nothing has ever made me as fearful as the receptionist saying, "Mr Murdoch? Dr Death will see you now."

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Wesley S
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:24 PM

"Is it safe ??"

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 04:47 PM

The first time I had novocaine as a kid the dentist asked is it numb yet and I said "I don;t think so".
Dr. Guglione then took a scalpel and carved out a quarter inch cube of my gums and held it on the knife's tip 3 inches in front of my eyes.
He said "Is it numb now?"

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Layah
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 09:16 PM

eggg yuck! I once broke my arm and they had to reposition it, and after the anasthetic they asked me if it was numb a number of times. A number of times it was not numb. They got tired of waiting and repositioned (very similar to re-broke!) my arm. Indeed, it was not numb. One of the worst experiences of my life. I'm much more scared of orthopedists than dentists.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 10:11 PM

I have been reasonably lucky in dentists over the years...two excellent ones, a couple of 'good' ones, and only a couple that I didn't trust.

I am not particularly afraid, but I do have a fast metabolism and a high tolerance for novacaine, so it often takes a bit longer and a bit more to get me numb. My last dentist was over-careful, and hated to give me more, but the current one just says "fine", and makes sure it's ok....

(oh...my last dentist explained that *HE* had never had a cavity, and all the dentistry he ever endured was an occasional cleaning)

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: jimmyt
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:01 PM

When I was a kid, in the 50s and 60s my parents sent me to a dentist (who was always drunk) because he was the cheap guy in town. He never did anything but pull my teeth. Once I got married I swore I would never go to a dentist again the rest of my life (My wife threatened to divorce me when I kept her up 2 consecutive nights crying with a toothacke)

I found a dentist who was kind and gentle and medicated me with sediatives prior to appointments. I slowly but surely overcame my fear, and 7 years later by a series of strange occasions (I was back in college finishing up my music degree and had a wife and 2 children) I found myself working for a dentist for some extra money. One day I had been doing some minor plumbing and was out raking leaves at his office and he had an assistant get sick. He called me in out of the yard, had me clean up, put ojn a lab coat and for the next three hours he had me retracting a cheek while he did a bridge on a sedated patient. That day I decided I wanted to go to dental school.

I was 35 when I got out of school and have been practicing 22 years now. It is a great profession to allow me the opportunity to help people who are like I used to be, petrified of the dentist. Every day I have a patient or 2 say how much fun they had at their appointment or how much they appreciate the help in getting past the phobia. It also affords me the opportunity to play music at my leasure and I have never had so much fun!

I always cringe at the patient stories of how they have been traumatised by uncaring dentists. Many of my colleagues are people who have never had any dental needs and it is a little hard for them to realize what it is like to be on the other end of the needle or drill. I get a sense of accomplishment not from doing a beautiful cosmetic case as much as I do from helping get someone out of pain or helping them not be afraid of the dentist.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:02 PM

That's waht I said above, Jimmy. Wish I'd met someone like you when I was a kid.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Sooz
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 02:38 AM

Me too.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: fat B****rd
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:28 AM

I used to be taken to "The Clinic" when I was about 9 for free dentistry. My two front teeth were slightly protuding so "The Dentist" gave me a huge (to me) gumshield to wear while sleeping. After the novelty of pretending to be Rocky Marciano wore off I went to sleep with it in and woke up some time later with it halfway down my throat. My teeth unprotruded of their own free will and the gumshield went in the bin.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Crystal
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:45 AM

I've been really lucky with my dentists. I've only ever had two really traumatic experiences, both since I came to university (wisdom tooth extractions!).
However I'm terrified of dentists, I've got no idea why. The best dentist I had was when I was 11 up to 16 when he retired. When I was 14 I had three new teeth come through and my mother told me (jokingly) they were probably wisdom teeth. My in my innocence told the dentist who said
"Don't be silly, you're much too...Bloody hell!"
The bloody Hell was him taking a look in my mouth and finding three extra teeth. He then spent 5 minutes counting because he couldn't believe it.
They were wisdom teeth after all!
Unfortunatly the two top ones grew in a strange way with a huge crack down the middle making them almost impossible to clean and they rotted painfully from the inside, nessesitating their removal. That was a terrible experience, incredably painful and stressful. I hope I never have to go through that again!

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: LilyFestre
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:08 AM

Okay Jimmy (My Favorite Monk)....where did you say your office was? I'm with Brucie on this one....just walking into the dentist's office makes me sick to my stomach (fear).

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Layah
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:43 AM

When I was little I had the best dentist in the world. I didn't have a cavity during that time, but I did have two teeth pulled. Looking back on it I find it incredibly what he must have done. For one thing, I had no idea a gigantic needle was involved. Then I was just sitting there, and suddenly the dentist was showing me my tooth. I had no idea what had happened, and only looking back to I realize that he must have given me novacaine without me noticing, and pulled the tooth without me noticing. After that my luck in dentists hasn't been as great, but I think sometimes a good experience early means you can deal with worse ones later. I had the same thing getting my blood drawn. When I was little the first time I had it done it felt like a prick and then nothing, and now if it hurts a bit more it doesn't matter that much.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 10:36 AM

I do not think it has anything to do with my uncanny sense of smell, nor do I believe my ancestors came from Sirius B (the dog star) but I had 6 too many canine teeth. They were extracted except for one.

Perhaps this is why I found the Conehead movie funnier than most.
I'd tell you more but I have to go narful the Garthok.

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 02:06 PM

I am now having my 3rd root canal in 2 months and have had no problem whatsoever. My endodontist, Dr. Lenny Chiat is a very skilled and kind professional with a wonderful personality. No fear or pain whatsoever during the procedure and very little afterwards. I do not like the dentists who insist on working while you are in a prone position with your feet higher than your head. I always must use a dentist who can work on me in a sitting up position, the good old fashioned way. It is the patient who has to be comfortable during the procedure, not the dentist. In a prone position I can choke and gag from the water of the drill. Most dentists nowdays want to sit down while they work and that is why they must have the patients laying down. Dr. Chiat, on the other hand works on all patients (not only me) standing so that the patient can sit up and be comfortable.

                                           SOL ZELLER

Subject: RE: BS: My day at the dentist
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 02:09 PM

Mazlotoff Rabbi, my point exactly (regarding the picture)