As you lie back in the chair, staring at the ceiling.......

[REDMATT]

Just as the dentist says "You'll feel a sharp scratch" as they anaesthetise your mouth, what do you do?

Do you grin and bear it? Or do you adopt a non outward flinch pose.

The non outward flinch pose I adopted this afternoon was the tried and trusted curl your toes into a tight ball, almost till cramp sets in.
Previous outwardly visible clenched fist trials have been noticed and taken as aggressive by previous dentists.

Or do you visibly flinch?

New dentist today and while I was impressed with her seat side manner the dental nurse seemed to think I was auditioning for deep throat with the old suction device. A quick glare through the protective glasses put him on the right track though.

Any thoughts?

[user name]

yes... curl yer toes till they cramp or pinch yer finger sharply... this will divert yer brain away from the pain in yer gob... rest yer head on the dentists breast and snuggle in nicely (my dentist says this is normal 'maternal practice', she will let u know if yer taking liberties)... close yer eyes and... feel no pain*... :)

























*this is after a few jd's and spliffolas...

[AshyP]

Just as the dentist says "You'll feel a sharp scratch" as they anaesthetise your mouth, what do you do?

Do you grin and bear it? Or do you adopt a non outward flinch pose.

The non outward flinch pose I adopted this afternoon was the tried and trusted curl your toes into a tight ball, almost till cramp sets in.
Previous outwardly visible clenched fist trials have been noticed and taken as aggressive by previous dentists.

Or do you visibly flinch?

New dentist today and while I was impressed with her seat side manner the dental nurse seemed to think I was auditioning for deep throat with the old suction device. A quick glare through the protective glasses put him on the right track though.

Any thoughts?

I have to say i have never had to endure any of the above. I dont even have a single filling. So in short I cant really add anything to this discussion.. Sorry Matt ;)

[redsam]

I have to say i have never had to endure any of the above. I dont even have a single filling. So in short I cant really add anything to this discussion.. Sorry Matt ;)

Already on the dentures? :p

[luca brasi]

Already on the dentures? :p


Have a terible fear of dentists. My Dentist prescribes me temazepan which I take in the waiting room an hour before my appointment. Ipod and book till it kicks in, I don't really notice the dental work after that.

[dublinlfc]

I chipped a tooth about 18 months ago now, it never gave me any pain and still doesn't so I put off going to the dentist with it
Lately it has become so sharp its almost cutting in to tongue so I made my appointment to see the dentist, next tuesday it is
I dread it and threads like this don't help:mad:

[LFC vs PFC]

Had to have 2 wisdom teeth out last year, and it was fine, the scratch wasn't really noticible, albeit I'm fucking hard. So much so that I faced ex west indies fast bowler Hartley Alleyne yesterday without a box!

[Carvalho Diablo]

I chipped a tooth about 18 months ago now, it never gave me any pain and still doesn't so I put off going to the dentist with it
Lately it has become so sharp its almost cutting in to tongue so I made my appointment to see the dentist, next tuesday it is
I dread it and threads like this don't help:mad:

I've just changed dentists to the fella down my street, and after a lifetimes worth of butchery and exorbitant charges by the last mob, a pleasant surprise was to find out that my new treatment was only gonna cost £40 odd quid due to being on an NHS tariff system. Magic.

Or so I thought...

Went back for the first course of treatment, needed a huge filling round the back. The guy had to drill my jawbone in 3 places, insert pilons into those holes, and then build the filling up around it.

That was sheer agony.

Mind you, the guy then decided to drill into my two front teeth, without any anaesthetic, to insert a bit of enamel !

Worse was to come : when doing the old polish, the dentist whack his drill / spike into my gum, I involutarily jumped off the chair, he dropped the drill into my gob, and blood everywhere.

The cheeky ****** goes : "Well that wasn't very clever was it ?!"

After that, he's talking to me like a 7 year old !

"There, there...it won't be long now...you've been very brave !" etc etc

So I walke out of the dentists room, back into the waiting room, and a couple about to go in, look at me and visibly recoil in horror !

I get home, and realise why : my face is twisted like that of a stroke victim, my lips are purple and my face is white, like some Rocky Horror retard, and there's blood all down my chin and neck !

So, dublinlfc mate, enjoy your trip to the dentists and just remember the smiling faces of all those little cherubs on the telly, who all really, really love going to their dentists !

[Lorenzo]

Holy christ CD, Sounds like you had a ball. If i were you i'd be heading back to him with a pliers, a sander and a can of wd40 to settle the score! Is there a ''rate your dentist'' site?

[simon pieman]

My dentist is called Mr Gummy ,seriously, but he's not as jolly as his name sounds as i found out when i had an infection and he decided to take my touth out. The whole farce ended with the nurse holding me down , my holding on to the chair and the dentist sweating and muttering like a mad man. :D;)

[redsam]

I've just changed dentists to the fella down my street, and after a lifetimes worth of butchery and exorbitant charges by the last mob, a pleasant surprise was to find out that my new treatment was only gonna cost £40 odd quid due to being on an NHS tariff system. Magic.

Or so I thought...

Went back for the first course of treatment, needed a huge filling round the back. The guy had to drill my jawbone in 3 places, insert pilons into those holes, and then build the filling up around it.

That was sheer agony.

Mind you, the guy then decided to drill into my two front teeth, without any anaesthetic, to insert a bit of enamel !

Worse was to come : when doing the old polish, the dentist whack his drill / spike into my gum, I involutarily jumped off the chair, he dropped the drill into my gob, and blood everywhere.

The cheeky ****** goes : "Well that wasn't very clever was it ?!"

After that, he's talking to me like a 7 year old !

"There, there...it won't be long now...you've been very brave !" etc etc

So I walke out of the dentists room, back into the waiting room, and a couple about to go in, look at me and visibly recoil in horror !

I get home, and realise why : my face is twisted like that of a stroke victim, my lips are purple and my face is white, like some Rocky Horror retard, and there's blood all down my chin and neck !

So, dublinlfc mate, enjoy your trip to the dentists and just remember the smiling faces of all those little cherubs on the telly, who all really, really love going to their dentists !

'fess up. I've seen you imitate that look on Merseyside.

Bloody attention seeker.

It won't help you pull you know.

[Lorenzo]

I chipped a tooth about 18 months ago now, it never gave me any pain and still doesn't so I put off going to the dentist with it
Lately it has become so sharp its almost cutting in to tongue so I made my appointment to see the dentist, next tuesday it is
I dread it and threads like this don't help:mad:

Same happened to me in feb of this year. Have a fear of dentists and had to get some of my front tooth filed down and a filling put in its place. I was bricking it. I had a very bad experience when i was younger and didn't want to go near a dentist. What i decided to do was bring my 4 year old with me. He came in when i was being ''done'' and it proved a good plan. I had to look brave in front of the nipper and he also got to see what a dentist does so he won't have the same fear i had when he gets older:) By the way, cheers for the link on the box, i'll be giving it a shot later. I'll let you know how i get on;)

[dublinlfc]

Same happened to me in feb of this year. Have a fear of dentists and had to get some of my front tooth filed down and a filling put in its place. I was bricking it. I had a very bad experience when i was younger and didn't want to go near a dentist. What i decided to do was bring my 4 year old with me. He came in when i was being ''done'' and it proved a good plan. I had to look brave in front of the nipper and he also got to see what a dentist does so he won't have the same fear i had when he gets older:) By the way, cheers for the link on the box, i'll be giving it a shot later. I'll let you know how i get on;)

really is excellent stuff, on the down side Mama Mia is the fucking movie tonight:mad:
I may have to watch something else;);)

[dublinlfc]

I've just changed dentists to the fella down my street, and after a lifetimes worth of butchery and exorbitant charges by the last mob, a pleasant surprise was to find out that my new treatment was only gonna cost £40 odd quid due to being on an NHS tariff system. Magic.

Or so I thought...

Went back for the first course of treatment, needed a huge filling round the back. The guy had to drill my jawbone in 3 places, insert pilons into those holes, and then build the filling up around it.

That was sheer agony.

Mind you, the guy then decided to drill into my two front teeth, without any anaesthetic, to insert a bit of enamel !

Worse was to come : when doing the old polish, the dentist whack his drill / spike into my gum, I involutarily jumped off the chair, he dropped the drill into my gob, and blood everywhere.

The cheeky ****** goes : "Well that wasn't very clever was it ?!"

After that, he's talking to me like a 7 year old !

"There, there...it won't be long now...you've been very brave !" etc etc

So I walke out of the dentists room, back into the waiting room, and a couple about to go in, look at me and visibly recoil in horror !

I get home, and realise why : my face is twisted like that of a stroke victim, my lips are purple and my face is white, like some Rocky Horror retard, and there's blood all down my chin and neck !

So, dublinlfc mate, enjoy your trip to the dentists and just remember the smiling faces of all those little cherubs on the telly, who all really, really love going to their dentists !


Laugh my arse off!!
:D :D :D :D :D

[Carvalho Diablo]

Gotta regale to of a story my dad told me this week...

Well, the owld fella hates the dentists too, a few years back he had to go and get his 4 side choppers taken out, and modelled into falsies.

When he went back to get them "fitted", he was then told they'd need to remove his four top front choppers too, allowing them to make a full top pallet of falsie choppers.

A week or two later, my dad's back at the dentists to pick up said prosthetic choppers, when the dentist whips them out...

"What the hell are those ?", protests Carvalho Snr, "They're ******* huge"

"Don't worry...", lied the sadist / dentist, "...they'll bed in in a couple of weeks."

So, foolishly, my dad trusts this sadist, and he adopts his new choppers.

Anyhow, as my dad said so succinctly : "I looked like I was breaking them in for ******* Shergar !" :D

Pig sick, my dad goes back to the butchers shop a few days later...and they steadfastly refuse to alter the falsies or refund. :mad:

So what does my owld fella do ? DIY dentistry !

He whacks his new false choppers into his vice, in his shed, and gets his black and decker kit out, sanding / filing them down by a good centimeter ! :eek:

They actually / incredibly look alright !

He's back of to a new dentist next week for a check up or something...and I would love to be a fly on that wall !

[AshyP]

Already on the dentures? :p

Nope! Just great teeth ;)

[AntonioLFC08]

Last time I had to have injections in my gums to numb them, I just laid there and let her do it. She said I was her most cool, calm collected patient.

Personally I just think I'm hard.