Did anyone else have their teeth 'ruined' by health board dentists?

tightropetom · 10-12-2013 01:33PM #1

I seem to have bad memories of dentists during my shool years during the eighties. I had the wrong tooth pulled out by a dentist - had to go back the next day because I still had the same toothache and she pulled another out, this one actually was decayed, unlike the pristine one she had handed me the day before.

For 15 years, I refused to go to a dentist. It's a wonder my teeth are still in place!

My wife had one of her eye teeth pulled by her dentist as a child, because if she didn't "her teeth would grow crooked". The replacement tooth grew crookedly into the gap. Oh the irony... She also complains of jaw pain - went to a dentist recently and was asked what dental work she had done in the past because it had caused the problem she has now.

I've heard various anecdotes from other friends that seem to back up my theory that these were mini-Hitlers. Treatment was free so we should have been 'grateful' I suppose...:(

Anyone else suffer at the hands of these little Hitlers? Was it just another form of institutional abuse of minors? Or is that a leap too far?

Johnny Jukebox · 10-12-2013 01:36PM

Yep big time.

All of the above and more.

And it hasn't changed an iota which is why my kids go private in Croatia.

landsleaving · 10-12-2013 01:36PM

I have had a fantastic service from the dentists, and later Orthodontists, of Ireland's health board. For a free service it was fantastic over the years I was in school. Plus I used to get loads of mornings off when I had to get braces.

Seaneh · 10-12-2013 01:38PM

I've only ever had one filling which I got about 20 years ago and is still in place.
Put there by a healthboard dentist during a follow up to a routine school dental visit.

So no complaints here.

o1s1n · 10-12-2013 01:39PM

I had a fissure sealant back in the 80s on my teeth when I was about 6 or 7.

At 29, still no fillings or any tooth complaints

CFlat · 10-12-2013 01:42PM

Our Health Board Dentist was so bad that if one of the poor lads in your class found out you were going, they'd ask if they could have your books if you didn't come back.

keith16 · 10-12-2013 01:45PM

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

Yep big time.

All of the above and more.

And it hasn't changed an iota which is why my kids go private in Croatia.

It was far from "Croatia" you were reared.

keithsfleet · 10-12-2013 01:47PM

I had a horrendous childhood over the healthboard dentist.
Went to a dentist when I was 20 and had over 3k punt in work done after the carnage that was caused by the health board.

IvyTheTerrible · 10-12-2013 01:48PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I had a fissure sealant back in the 80s on my teeth when I was about 6 or 7.

At 29, still no fillings or any tooth complaints

I had fissure sealants on my back teeth, which cracked and the teeth underneath got cavities which wear difficult to see, so they were left a bit late.

josip · 10-12-2013 01:51PM

landsleaving wrote: »

I have had a fantastic service from the dentists, and later Orthodontists, of Ireland's health board. For a free service it was fantastic over the years I was in school. Plus I used to get loads of mornings off when I had to get braces.

Me too. I had a great orthodontist in the early 80s who realigned my buck teeth into a Macleans Mouth. Seems like I was lucky.

MurdyWurdy · 10-12-2013 01:54PM

Not ruined but once when I was young she told me she was measuring my tooth and when I heard the crack it was measured.

She then proceeded to yank the tooth out and when I was screaming she told me to shut up or I'd scare the other patients.

My parents took me to a private dentist after that. Wagon. I'm still terrified of the dentist. I had to get a particularly nasty root canal recently and made a show of myself by sobbing in the dentist's chair.

10-12-2013 01:56PM

I have terrible luck with my teeth - from having half a fake tooth, to missing two, with no idea how many that have fillings in them. Dentists are one of the things I hate the most and go to them as little as possible - I cannot even hear dentist drills without getting a shiver down my spine.

A few years ago, during my leaving cert actually, a dentist put a filling in one of my teeth, yet they didn't clean it out properly. The decay continued to eat away at the tooth, until it completely shattered and the filling itself came out, with it then going down into the roots, where I'd feel the pain in my cheek. Given the option between a root canal or having the tooth removed fully, I went with the easiest option.

Johnny Jukebox · 10-12-2013 01:57PM

keith16 wrote: »

It was far from "Croatia" you were reared.

Tell me about it. Thankfully our education system is better than the health board dentists so now these things are possible...

Gatling · 10-12-2013 02:01PM

There was a particular one based in tallaght during the early -late 80's who was known as the "Butcher"
Left many suffering fears due to his practices

Hitchens · 10-12-2013 02:08PM

I often wonder if the Tipperary way is best.............just never go next, nigh or near ANY dentist.........:P

Ihatecuddles · 10-12-2013 02:09PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

A few years ago, during my leaving cert actually, a dentist put a filling in one of my teeth, yet they didn't clean it out properly. The decay continued to eat away at the tooth, until it completely shattered and the filling itself came out, with it then going down into the roots, where I'd feel the pain in my cheek. Given the option between a root canal or having the tooth removed fully, I went with the easiest option.

Same thing happened to me. The rest of my teeth are ok, no fillings, probably a few cavities. NEver going back to a dentist though!

sbsquarepants · 10-12-2013 02:14PM

I once almost came to blows with a dentist who wanted to drill my tooth without anaesthetic:eek: I'll only be a minute, the needle would hurt more than the drill - I don't think so you fúcking sadist. I actually had to grab the buggers wrist as he lunged at me drill in hand. It was a bizarre experience to say the very least.

Ruu · 10-12-2013 02:19PM

The braces I had for a year or so as a lad looked like they were from the Medieval times. Dentist was also a bully, never anything nice to say only the one time when we heard she was being moved elsewhere.

Thoie · 10-12-2013 02:20PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I once almost came to blows with a dentist who wanted to drill my tooth without anaesthetic:eek: I'll only be a minute, the needle would hurt more than the drill - I don't think so you fúcking sadist. I actually had to grab the buggers wrist as he lunged at me drill in hand. It was a bizarre experience to say the very least.

If he wasn't going near the nerves, then he was probably right. I've had tiny bits drilled without anaesthetic, and other than the noise (which the anaesthetic doesn't help), it was no worse than cutting your nails.

questionmark? · 10-12-2013 02:22PM

Yep, terriable experience with the health board dentist. Went 15+ years without visiting one. Now i get checked every six months. NHS prices are great as well. Checkup and quick clean costs £18!!!.

SEPT 23 1989 · 10-12-2013 02:28PM

Another Eastern Health Board Dentist Survivor here:mad:

I ****ing told her i could still feel my gum after she had numbed it

then she starts drilling into my tooth i told her i can still feel it

and then she drilled into the nerve, i can still remember the pain 25 years later

put me off going to the dentist for years after

username123 · 10-12-2013 02:58PM

Gatling wrote: »

There was a particular one based in tallaght during the early -late 80's who was known as the "Butcher"
Left many suffering fears due to his practices

I believe I was one of his victims. Where was he based?

bodhrandude · 10-12-2013 03:19PM

I had a tooth pulled at a dentist in Castlelawn Heights in Galway during the 1990s, I still to this day have the remains of this tooth in my gum, so not a great job done there. :mad:

looking_around · 10-12-2013 03:22PM

They wanted to remove three of my teeth as a child, and shove braces on them. When asked why, they said because it's the 'simplest' fix >.>.

Thankfully my mom told them to fcuk off. And saved for private treatment. Which meant 2 fillings, one extraction, and I never needed braces. \=

looking_around · 10-12-2013 03:24PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Another Eastern Health Board Dentist Survivor here:mad:

I ****ing told her i could still feel my gum after she had numbed it

then she starts drilling into my tooth i told her i can still feel it

and then she drilled into the nerve, i can still remember the pain 25 years later

put me off going to the dentist for years after

Oh god that pain! I had a tooth that was being cleaned/prepared for filling. And it crumbled to bits

I still 'feel' that pain whenever I hear similar sounds and stuff ~shudders~

sbsquarepants · 10-12-2013 03:32PM

username123 wrote: »

I believe I was one of his victims. Where was he based?

Could be my guy too!

whiskey_bottle · 10-12-2013 03:38PM

no but ive had fillings of another kind go wrong ( derma under the eyes )

looks like someone gave me a clenched fist square under each eye

The Backwards Man · 10-12-2013 03:54PM

Yep, drilled a hole in my two front teeh without anasthaetic. Put me off dentists for years. Cost me thousands to put them right a few years ago.

shot2go · 10-12-2013 03:59PM

yip ive spent years petrified of dentists as a result of one bad one.
i was having a tooth pulled, she gave me the anesthetic and put me out in the hall while she did the next child, i was brought back in an hour later and she started pulling the tooth - the anesthetic had worn off, i still remember the pain and being held down by a nurse while she pulled the tooth out, my parents could hear me screaming and they stopped them coming in the room.

Professey Chin · 10-12-2013 04:00PM

Bastards left the fear of god in me for years.
Still not exactly a fan but better then I was before

DeanAustin · 10-12-2013 04:03PM

I am very suspicious of anyone who wants to take a drill and pliers to people's mouths for a living.

A shower of sadistic f**kers who couldn't cut it as doctors is all they are.

Did anyone else have their teeth 'ruined' by health board dentists?

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