The dreaded dentist

Esel · 16-04-2016 07:44PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Developed a dry socket after getting a tooth extracted, anyone who had it will know what I'm talking about.

Never want to experience that again.

This worked for me: Sterile needle, few jentle jabs around the top of the socket; blood (small amount) flows into the socket; almost instant relief.

Socket on bottom of mouth, obviously. If it had been on top, I would have inverted my head and got someone else to do the jabbing.

intheclouds · 16-04-2016 08:14PM

Had to have a root canal. Once. Never again. I'd prefer to be gummy than ever have one again.

Dentistry is way over priced in Ireland, along with Irish dentists running down foreign dentists as though the foreign dentists are putting wooden pegs in for implants.

Health board dentists butchered and terrified me in childhood. As an adult I only go if I really have to.

16-04-2016 08:27PM

intheclouds wrote: »

Had to have a root canal. Once. Never again. I'd prefer to be gummy than ever have one again.

Dentistry is way over priced in Ireland, along with Irish dentists running down foreign dentists as though the foreign dentists are putting wooden pegs in for implants.

Health board dentists butchered and terrified me in childhood. As an adult I only go if I really have to.

There is absolutely no reason for a root canal or indeed any dental procedure to be very painful.

I used to be terrified of dentists thanks to bad experiences in childhood. Then I found my current one and he is amazing. I had a root canal done. I sat back in the chair with headphones on and relaxing scenes of the sea on a screen in front of me.

Not a bother. If I needed another one in the morning it wouldn't cost me a thought on the pain front.

fussyonion · 16-04-2016 09:56PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There is absolutely no reason for a root canal or indeed any dental procedure to be very painful.

I used to be terrified of dentists thanks to bad experiences in childhood. Then I found my current one and he is amazing. I had a root canal done. I sat back in the chair with headphones on and relaxing scenes of the sea on a screen in front of me.

Not a bother. If I needed another one in the morning it wouldn't cost me a thought on the pain front.

Agreed. My dentist told me root canal is only painful if you've an infected or abscessed tooth. Otherwise its no worse than getting a filling.

I had root canal (painless), a wisdom tooth out (quick and painless) and a scale and polish.
I found the scale and polish the worst of the lot and even then it was only the injection in the top gum which hurt.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-04-2016 12:07AM

Pat Mustard wrote: »

I was just thinking of that one-way mission to Mars and was wondering how many dentists were going. Because DIY dentistry doesn't sound like a lot of fun:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32481442

During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill.
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Being a surgeon, he had no difficulty in diagnosing acute appendicitis
...

_Whimsical_ · 17-04-2016 01:02AM

It really does pay to get a good recommendation for a dentist, you really can't judge them all by one experience. I go to one who is absolutely lovely and I never feel remotely nervous going to him, he never hurts and I always feel totally calm. I've had really awkward wisdom teeth removed, all sorts, never a bother. He says a few words during the procedure like "don't worry it's going really well, you're doing fine, half way there now" etc which really helps.

Then a few weeks ago at easter I broke a back tooth and needed it filled and as my own dentist wasn't there I went to another in town. I got a real insight into why people hate the dentist. He had no manner, didn't speak to me once I walked in, talked about me to the nurse "God, would she ever just hold her mouth open!" etc rather than asking me to, didn't care that he was hurting me, told me the pain was just nerves and that I seemed really nervous. What I was was really uncomfortable. Then to top it off as he drilled n battered away he started telling me he'd had a patient earlier in the day who got so nervous during a procedure that she had a panic attack, became convinced she would die and fainted in the chair. I came out feeling I'd gone 5 rounds in the ring.

I would never just pick one at random out of the phonebook again, I'd get a recommendation. So if you have had a bad experience it really might be just a one off and go to a different person next time.

intheclouds · 17-04-2016 11:23AM

Deleted User wrote: »

There is absolutely no reason for a root canal or indeed any dental procedure to be very painful.

I used to be terrified of dentists thanks to bad experiences in childhood. Then I found my current one and he is amazing. I had a root canal done. I sat back in the chair with headphones on and relaxing scenes of the sea on a screen in front of me.

Not a bother. If I needed another one in the morning it wouldn't cost me a thought on the pain front.

Lucky you.

Mine entailed 4 two hour sessions with the endodontist (one with the normal dentist prior), constant gagging from the cotton touching my tongue, a visit to A&E after the chemicals leached into my sinus cavity and caused acute sinusitis so severe that I couldn't walk and vomited if I moved my head.

All that and stripped of a grand for the pleasure. No thanks. I lost a month of my life to it, nearly a stone in weight and the knowledge that I'd never go through it again.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-04-2016 12:21PM

I get my teeth cleaned every 6/7 months.
I got my first filling in January at the ripe old age of 27.
I had one wisdom tooth pulled and need 3 more surgically removed but they'll sedate me for that.

That's about the extent of my horror stories

Capt'n Midnight · 26-04-2016 05:47PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36140189

A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" has been sentenced to eight years in jail in France for mutilating the mouths of some 120 patients.
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The court in the central French town of Nevers heard that patients had suffered broken jaws, recurrent abscesses and septicaemia from van Nierop's work. He had drugged patients then mutilated them as they slept in his dentist's chair.

The dreaded dentist

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