Me And My Dentists

[poliphilo]

When I was a small child we had this dentist who didn't believe in using the drill on kids.

He was a nice old man. My dad played golf with him.

If I got a cavity he just filled it full of hot metal. When friends complained about the pains of dentistry I smiled indulgently. They should go see my dentist. He didn't hurt.

Then our man retired or dropped dead and we had to move to another practice. This new dentist (Dr Dresner- he had a glamorous blonde assistant and an Errol Flynn moustache) spent a year- and more- undoing everything the first dentist had done. And what he did involved drills, big needles, the works.

It left a mental scar.

Guess where I'm going this morning.....

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Ugh. And I was 15 before they figured out I was highly resistant to novocaine. Yep, I feel your pain!

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

oooh. you have my sympathy. When I was a child, I went to a dentist who firmly believed that baby teeth didn't have any nerves.

ouch.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Although not as lucky as you as far as a dentist who didn't drill, I still loved going as a child, and for the life of me, I don't know why. I think I had maybe four cavities, and all I remember is that I never needed any novocaine. He just drilled away, and I just sat there, pleased as punch.

Now, I hate the dentist, for a number of reasons. I'm sorry you have to go; I'll keep my fingers crossed that there are no cavities to be filled!

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

My mother shares your fear. She is allergic to novacaine, so they used to give her laughing gas. She had to have some teeth out when she was a kid (fell out of a car window) and they gave her 'twilight sleep'. She couldn't move, but she could feel everything they did to her. When the dentist didn't believe her, she repeated the conversation he and his assistant had been having.

Good luck.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Ah, Tony.

I suppose you are home safe now, reading this, and I hope you'll do something celebratory for worries ended.

Perhaps a walk with Holga to an interesting place?

Hopefully, all went serenely for you.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "Ooh, Errol Flynn!" but then I read the rest.

I hope everything's OK. I hate the dentist, too. I try go a lot so I catch the Big Issues before they become BIG ISSUES.

Ick. I wish you the best!

[hepo.livejournal.com]

Your a far braver man then I.

[morrison-maiden.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope your appointment is/was relatively painless :-\