I had a dental hygienist pull out a perfectly healthy semi-loose baby tooth with a live root once, after specifically telling her to leave it alone. Bitch is lucky I was a shy 10-year-old, because if it happened today I wouldn't be the only one with a mouthful of blood and a gap in my teeth.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 26, 2006 7:58:00 am PST #8104 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Kristen - Dec 26, 2006 8:02:34 am PST #8105 of 10007
Oh, shrift. I had that experience. Three dentists, two trips to the ER, swelling the size of a grapefruit under my jaw and everyone kept saying, "Keep taking the penicillin. You'll be fine."
When I finally got to the oral surgeon, he didn't fool around. He just said, "Okay, we're going to do the surgery right now." I started to cry because I was so grateful to find someone who was taking it seriously.
Turns out, another few days and I would have needed to be admitted to the hospital and they would have had to go in through my throat. That's how out of control the infection was.
When the original dentist called me a few weeks later to wonder why I hadn't come back, he got an earful. Or twelve.
tommyrot - Dec 26, 2006 8:05:05 am PST #8106 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There must be a lot of dentists out there who are fans of Little Shop of Horrors....
Kristen - Dec 26, 2006 8:06:03 am PST #8107 of 10007
My mom once had a dentist who did a root canal on the wrong tooth. But I can't really blame the dentist too much. She was probably distracted by the baked potato she was eating at the time.
DavidS - Dec 26, 2006 8:06:11 am PST #8108 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There must be a lot of dentists out there who are fans of Little Shop of Horrors....
Suicide rates are fairly high for dentists. Apparently nobody likes to talk to them at cocktail parties.
shrift - Dec 26, 2006 8:06:49 am PST #8109 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If he's continued to treat patients the way he treated you, odds are someone removed his balls years ago....
I only wish. He's the reason why many of my family members continue to need Valium in order to go to the wonderful new dentists we've found since that bastard retired.
§ ita § - Dec 26, 2006 8:10:19 am PST #8110 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have asked how my PT cousin retains patients. Mother (who is one of hers) says that maybe non-relatives report pain sooner.
However, don't freak with me. I am a sour bitter chronic painer.
amych - Dec 26, 2006 8:12:43 am PST #8111 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Apparently nobody likes to talk to them at cocktail parties.
I think I'm being quite civilized enough when I refrain from drilling into their nerves without warning or anaesthesia.
DavidS - Dec 26, 2006 8:13:57 am PST #8112 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think I'm being quite civilized enough when I refrain from drilling into their nerves without warning or anaesthesia.
Very civilized of you.
"Is it safe?"
DavidS - Dec 26, 2006 8:16:31 am PST #8113 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Slate educates us about steak.
At the Ferry Building I can go over to the San Francisco Meat Market and talk with a butcher and they really will tell me exactly what the cow fed on and where and how it was finished. Also there's a separate vendor that sells super untainted beef they raise for medical purposes (joint replacement and collagen and such).