OT I am a fool

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 6:54:33 -0400, meijhana wrote (in message ):

This cracks me up. I don't think of dentists as being scary people. I had the world's worst orthodontist during my teen years (in braces for 6! years) The guy was totally burnt out, and really hated teens, though he did beautiful work on teeth and sucked up to the parents, who after all, were the ones writing the checks. Once I was done with him, every dentist I've had has seemed saintly in comparison.

I do think that it's helpful to warn dentists that I reflexively bite down hard when I'm in pain. :-) (yes I have, and she shouldn't have had her hands in my mouth)

Kathy "There's Gold in them thar teeth!" N-V

"I say no, no, a thousand times no, I'd rather see my life's blood spilling! I'm not scared of the things that have teeth, claws, or stings, But I just won't go in for a filling!"

- "I Don't Do Dentists", words copyright by Lee Billings TTTO "I Don't Do Dylan"

(And it's really not true for me, but it was too good to pass up.)

Celine

Whew thank god! ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

I had an awful one when I was a little kid. He didn't believe in painkillers for children, and he used only the mechanical drill. It's a wonder that I escaped *without* getting a dentist phobia!

Heh. I have to warn them that I have the Gag Reflex From Hell. Get anywhere

*near* my soft palate and you're in trouble! I can control it, with difficulty, enough to get X-rays done, but it's no fun for either of us.

Celine

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]This guy has a secret longing to be a cheerleader.

**snort** i swear, they all do!

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Well I think that's a good sign that he was willing to let you recover. I'm proud of you of you as well for putting forth the effort and enrage to do the PT work. Now rest and recover so you can be tortured some more :)

Speaking of biting down while in pain-

When I was a kid I was at the Dr. - don't remember why. They were taking my temp - good ole mercury thermometer- and decided at the SAME time they should stick my finger (I got no warning of this). HUH? I bit down on the thermometer - and fortunately spit it out. The nurse/asst whatever looked at me like I was crazy and scolded me. My Mom looked at them and I believe told then they were crazy to do that to a kid. Geez.

I do have a dentist phobia. I have to have the nitrous oxide (I have found out) to be able to do the work. I had one dentist that I was able to trust to not use the nitrous.

But before him (which almost made me never go back, when it had been 10+ years since I had gone, in the Marine Corps, and was missing a tooth by then, and working on another one), had told me that I didn't need it. Was rude, was telling me I was a baby, but gave me the nitrous. I think he gave me pure oxygen, because I never felt it, and I kept telling him that there was no nitrous...the office manager of that dentist office promised me I would *never* have to see him again, and refunded the money that I paid for the nitrous. I was going there, because they accepted the payment given, no copay. I didn't go back, though, after I had two crowns put in, *THEN* they "oops" forgot to tell me that they charged like $200 for each (which was less than the copay on those), as I was walking out the door after having them done, not in my right mind with pain, and the slight aftereffects of the nitrous...yeah, *that's* a great time to tell me.

So now, I have one tooth that has broken off (my last molar, right next to the one that was pulled), the root is coming up, and I can't make myself find out how much it would cost to get it done (I don't have insurance right now), because of dealing with *another* idiot. And those "put you to sleep" doctors cost too much.

mary

Oh my god... he must have been related to *my* dentist! Dr. Evelyn Strange. Her evil name is burned into my memory for all time... she used to tell my mother that I was only crying "for attention".

My current dentist is a saint, a truly talented man with an almost unnerving passion for teeth: Dr. Donald Wheeler. I love him!

-Kalera

Lee S. Bill> I had an awful one when I was a little kid. He didn't believe in painkillers

......did she drill you without novacaine? ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

Most dentists now refuse to drill without novacaine/similar (I get carbanocaine instead). The last dentist who gave me the option to refuse it (I asked), was a Navy dentist-- and I was on active duty. I couldn't have that option as a dependent spouse, nor do I with my civilian dentist....

Got to go in Monday for a root canal, and maybe a cap.... A molar broke, and too much is gone to "fill". Work is going to be fun that day, I'm sure.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

Root canals aren't that bad at all. The worst part? Holding your mouth open for that long. ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

Hmmmm....Ken would say I wouldn't have *any* problems...the way *I* talk...

mary

The worst part for me is the shots, the numbness (and the drooling and mumbling it causes), and the bruised gums/soreness from the shots.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

What she did was give me shots in the wrong location, and they didn't take. I have a fairly common nerve branching that simply requires shots in slightly different places, and I have never ever met another dentist in my life who didn't know how to deal with that. My mother even explained to her that I might need the different shots, but the bitch chose not to believe me or my mom, and simply administered the shots that didn't work, at ALL, and proceeded. She then told my mom that my commotion and crying was just because I was "scared of the noise" and "was trying to get attention", and that there was no way I was feeling anything.

And when my mom was out of the room, she was MEAN.

One thing it did for me; I developed an astounding ability to dissociate from pain...the mental equivalent of sticking fingers in ears and saying "lalalalalala". But my other solution was to throw a freaking screaming fit when my mom said anything about going to the dentist; once I was big enough to be formidable, it kept me away for many years. I don't think I went to the dentist at all after I turned eight, and the next visit was when I was sixteen. Fortunately, my teeth weren't completely ruined, and I explained to the dentist what I had been through before, he was incredibly kind and gentle, and it was utterly painless. I still more or less "leave" when I have dental work, but I don't fear it.

-Kalera

Dr. Sooz wrote:

For me, the worst part are the side effects of novocaine... the racing heart and nervousness. I also metabolize it too fast, so it wears off sooner than it should and then I need *more*, which adds to the racing heart. Sometimes it'll get my arrhythmia going, just for thrills.

-Kalera

Kaytee wrote:

It's not the Novacaine alone doing that...it is because the Novacaine your dentist is using has epinepherine in it. Ask him/her to Novacaine WITHOUT the epi.... MizKrysti

That is why I don't get Novacaine-- it usually has epinephrine in it, which extends it's effective time, but also causes the racing heart, etc. Tell your dentist you need something with NO epinephrine-- that it gives you arrythmias.

The lable on what I got last time was "carbanocaine"-- I did need "more" than with Novacaine, but did not get the palpitations and "anxiety". Kaytee "Simplexities" on

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comnospam (Kaytee) :

]"carbanocaine"

unfortunately, i'm allergic to all "caines". my dentist [when i had one] was afraid of me.

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