While it was a horrible experience... I can now admit to getting a sick pleasure at seeing my dad suffer and kind of playing it up a bit (shame on me) jajajajaja! I also have (and this is not make believe) a terrible fear of needles.
Private parking exclusive to the Dental Center. No more parking meters to feed or parking tickets to pay. |
I have been grinding my teeth for years and my night guard has taken a beating and was in need of replacement. I had a filling that fell out years ago but that had not bothered me until recently. So needles or not, I had to put on my big girl panties and have the matter resolved.
I think I did pretty good...I did not scream when he twice injected me. He took it like a trooper when he placed the mold mixture in my mouth and I gagged and almost threw up on him. He did not seem to be annoyed when I did not follow his instructions to breath through my nose instead of my mouth. All in all I believe I did not give any cause to be banned from this dental practice :D
I think if this wonderful Dentist could put up with me...well, he can put up with anybody :)
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
I have been putting off a return trip to the dentist and you are not helping me want to go... Maybe if I put it off long enough they will fall out on their own or I will die first. The last time I was there, he almost broke my jaw trying to get a tooth out. Actually, he did a good job.
ReplyDeleteBy all means go Dizzy, my bad experiences were in my childhood and young adulthood.
DeleteI had a wonderful Bellaire dentist when I lived in Houston but I got my wisdom teeth pulled at that horrible clinic because I lived close by and my dentist would not do it unless someone drove me home.
Not wanting to bother my friends who lived on the opposite side of town I made a wrong decision.
You wouldn't happen to be a red head would? I saw on TV the other night that Redheads experience pain differently than the rest of us and that for years, there existed a well-established anecdotal impression within the medical community that redheads require more anesthetic than the typical patient.
ReplyDeleteNo Jim, I am not a redhead :D
DeleteThat is an interesting anecdotal, I had never heard of it before.
Thanks for stopping by.
I lost a huge filling about 2 weeks ago, but like you, not going to do anything til I have to.
ReplyDeleteLol, Trouble!
DeleteDear MsB, I have a horror story I could tell but it is your blog. Know that I have nothing but sympathy for you or anyone who must have extensive dental work done. Consider this comment as my arms reaching out to you for a well deserved hug. You poor soul, I genuinely feel your pain. the rat
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to share your dental horror story anytime you want Mr. Rat.
DeleteThanks for the cyber hug and glad you dropped by :)
The experience you had with your former dentist is bad. I couldn't blame you that you don't wanna visit that clinic ever again. Because of that, you let your teeth problems wait for a while, which could make the matters worse. But I am glad that things went just fine with your new dentist. Am I right to say that you wouldn't be skipping dental checkups now? I surely hope so.
ReplyDeleteThanh Arnett