DentistsMy current dentist is called Mr Stiff.
Back when I was at university though, I had enormous pain in my jaw one morning - so bad I went as an emergency case to the uni dentist.
He took one look at the back of my mouth and said, "Ah, wisdom teeth. Impacted. They'll have to come out."
He then reached under the chair and came out with an enormous industrial (and entirely non-dental) pair of pliers, "I can do it now if you want..."
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chthonic, Thu 2 Nov 2006, 14:31)
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A really bad torture taleEdinburgh, spring 1996. My dentist told me I needed my wisdom teeth removed.
I pitched up at the dental hospital with my mum (who was going to drive me home). They injected me with a painkiller in my jaw, and gave me valium.
None of them worked. Instead I lay on the theatre table screaming and watching the blood spray out of my mouth as they drilled into my jaw bone. While the oh so nice nurses held me down. My mum almost fainted from hearing my screams.
It has later been explained to me that some people's nerves are wired up differently, and so the pain killer probably had no effect.
I haven't been to a dentist since. I get cold sweats just thinking about it. And you know what, my teeth are fine. No toothache, and all look reasonably ok. And the wife confirms that there are no bad odours.
Dentists, its all a scam. They look in your mouth and just see money. Just brush regularly and avoid too much sugar. Like me your teeth will be fine for decades.
(, Thu 2 Nov 2006, 15:42, Reply)
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