Does anyone actually like going to the dentist?

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 01:30PM #1

I've to go to the dentist tomorrow, or tonight depending, I hate going, I don't have a fear of them, but I don't feel so great knowing there's a person with a drill in my mouth, trained professional or not. I was saying it to a few people in college today and each of them replied with something like "ugh" or "ew" it was all negative, which got me thinking, does anyone actually go "oh boy the dentist! I can't wait to go!"

So AH do any of you like the dentist?

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 19-05-2014 01:33PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLm2VPC_ois

buyer95 · 19-05-2014 01:33PM

Poll needed.

hoodwinked · 19-05-2014 01:34PM

i do, but i have never had anything seriously wrong with my teeth never even needed a filling,

i'd go every day but it's too expensive

Stheno · 19-05-2014 01:35PM

Yes, it's lovely going in, getting my teeth cleaned and coming out with shiny cleaner teeth

TheDoctor · 19-05-2014 01:35PM

I do!

Lying back on the chair, dentist leans in pushed her chest against the top of my head.

Always makes me so relaxed

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 01:36PM

buyer95 wrote: »

Poll needed.

Done

hoodwinked wrote: »

i do, but i have never had anything seriously wrong with my teeth never even needed a filling,

i'd go every day but it's too expensive

Anytime I do go it's usually for a filling, they're fascinated by my teeth and how straight they are, I've never had braces and they're amazed by this for some unknown reason

bumper234 · 19-05-2014 01:37PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I've to go to the dentist tomorrow, or tonight depending, I hate going, I don't have a fear of them, but I don't feel so great knowing there's a person with a drill in my mouth, trained professional or not. I was saying it to a few people in college today and each of them replied with something like "ugh" or "ew" it was all negative, which got me thinking, does anyone actually go "oh boy the dentist! I can't wait to go!"

So AH do any of you like the dentist?

I suppose it depends on whether you have been awake for 3 nights with a massive toothache.

hoodwinked · 19-05-2014 01:40PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Anytime I do go it's usually for a filling, they're fascinated by my teeth and how straight they are, I've never had braces and they're amazed by this for some unknown reason

my dentist says the same for me,i never had braces either, although he did once ask how i have a tooth in my head? considering i grew up on sweets and chocolate, still eat them a lot i drink fizzy drinks and worse again, fruit juices including freshly squeezed lemon juice,

i brush twice a day with regular toothpaste on a regular brush and they are perfect, i guess i am one of the lucky ones

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 01:42PM

hoodwinked wrote: »

my dentist says the same for me,i never had braces either, although he did once ask how i have a tooth in my head? considering i grew up on sweets and chocolate, still eat them a lot i drink fizzy drinks and worse again, fruit juices including freshly squeezed lemon juice,

i brush twice a day with regular toothpaste on a regular brush and they are perfect, i guess i am one of the lucky ones

I do the same and here we are

Ah sure! It was really sore all morning, and doing a structures exam with a tooth ache was not fun in the slightest

hoodwinked · 19-05-2014 01:43PM

toastedpickles wrote: »

I do the same and here we are Ah sure! It was really sore all morning, and doing a structures exam with a tooth ache was not fun in the slightest

*Radiates smugness*

:P

Magenta · 19-05-2014 01:44PM

Doesn't bother me at all.

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 01:44PM

hoodwinked wrote: »

*Radiates smugness* :P

*mutters profanities* :P

orangesoda · 19-05-2014 01:52PM

well it's the only time i have an attractive blonde with her hands in my mouth so take a guess

The Backwards Man · 19-05-2014 01:53PM

My dentist is retired in Antigua with all the money I gave him, I'd love to visit him.

brummytom · 19-05-2014 01:55PM

I don't think there's anything I hate more than the dentist.

I Heart Internet · 19-05-2014 02:07PM

I don't mind going to the dentist.

If I have a problem with my teeth - they often fix it, otherwise they give them a nice clean/scrape, etc.

I once went to a dentist (not in Ireland) and she happened to be a female brazilian dentist in her late 20s. She was lovely, she was.

Ruu · 19-05-2014 02:11PM

Watch the brilliant documentaries, The Dentist and The Dentist 2 before you go. It'll put your mind at ease.

Kermit.de.frog · 19-05-2014 02:15PM

Ever notice the way you never leave the dentist without another appointment?

True story.

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 02:17PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Ever notice the way you never leave the dentist without another appointment?

True story.

Mind = blown

Cazzoenorme · 19-05-2014 02:20PM

It depends on the procedure, can't stand the drill hitting sensitive spots when getting my teeth cleaned. Makes me squirm just thinking about it.

La_Gordy · 19-05-2014 02:28PM

I have a really nice dentist in Lucan and it's a pleasure to go. I only had one dentist I really hated going to and that was because he was a patronising git.

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 02:29PM

La_Gordy wrote: »

I have a really nice dentist in Lucan and it's a pleasure to go. I only had one dentist I really hated going to and that was because he was a patronising git.

There was a dentist i had when i was smaller and she was forever telling me that I was lazy and useless and various other mean things

Grayson · 19-05-2014 02:48PM

I don't mind going, but my wallet hates it. It costs soo much to get work done here.

czech/romanian/hungarian/polist dentist, here I come.

Duggy747 · 19-05-2014 02:50PM

"Is it safe?"

3 words you never want to hear your dentist say.

Lukehandypants · 19-05-2014 02:51PM

TheDoctor wrote: »

I do!

Lying back on the chair, dentist leans in pushed her chest against the top of my head.

Always makes me so relaxed

I was just about to post about that.
It's like been cradled by my mother, except my dentist is a man with boobs like Robert Paulson.

kowloon · 19-05-2014 02:59PM

His name was Robert Paulson.

harry Bailey esq · 19-05-2014 03:05PM

Roy Keane

PLL · 19-05-2014 03:15PM

I used to be absolutely terrified of the dentist, until 3 weeks ago. I got a wicked bad pain in one of my teeth, it was as bad as childbirth so I had no choice but to go to the dentist. The pain outweighed the fear. My dentist (a random internet search) is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I've been back every week since, happily, to sort out my teeth.

I had an x-ray last weds and when he asked me to take out my earring I lost it somewhere under the machine, he spent 10 mins helping me look for it! Even when I said it was grand, it wasn't expensive he continued on his hands and knees looking for it. Never met a medical professional like him.

toastedpickles · 19-05-2014 03:17PM

PLL wrote: »

I used to be absolutely terrified of the dentist, until 3 weeks ago. I got a wicked bad pain in one of my teeth, it was as bad as childbirth so I had no choice but to go to the dentist. The pain outweighed the fear. My dentist (a random internet search) is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I've been back every week since, happily, to sort out my teeth.

I had an x-ray last weds and when he asked me to take out my earring I lost it somewhere under the machine, he spent 10 mins helping me look for it! Even when I said it was grand, it wasn't expensive he continued on his hands and knees looking for it. Never met a medical professional like him.

Where is this individual? I might pay him a visit

Flippyfloppy · 19-05-2014 03:19PM

I never minded going, but now that I'm a mother going to the dentist is like going on a spa retreat

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