2007-02-24 07:31:03 · 10 answers · asked by sha23z 3 in Health ➔ Dental
No, for myself everything has always been fine at the dentist. I do not fret any of the procedures and all have been considerate and thorough. However, from my childhood comes the true story of what happened in our small country town where I was raised (in the later sixties ..... oeps I'm old). There was only one dentist in town and he had big thick glasses and was sometimes a bit insensitive and on another planet. One day a mother and father was sitting in the waiting room, while this dentist was to perform a procedure on their small child. The child was constantly screaming blue murder and when the rather went to see for themself this dentist was busy administering the injection, of which the needle at that stage were coming out of the childs cheek on the outside. Mmmmm gruesome things probably happened only in the old days ......!
2007-02-24 07:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by uoyotih 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awww yes - just thinking about it now makes me wince!! Went to the dentist because of bad tooth ache, and it turned out that I needed a filling - not too bad, or so I thought.
After a couple of days I was still in pain, if anything worse than I was before and I couldn't eat or drink anything on that side. So I went back to the dentist - a temporary dentist told me the filling was just settling and that I should expect a certain amount of pain - charming.
After a about a week, the pain was getting worse and worse, almost unbearable, so I went back to the original dentist that did the work. After having an x-ray he realised that he had left a nerve open on the filling, so he had to drill out the filling I had and refill the hole - I was not impressed!!!
I haven't been able to go back to the dentist ever since!!!!
2007-02-24 15:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dentist I went to as a child was horrid. He used to put the needle in then leave it there, sticking out of your mouth whilst he went off to do other stuff! He also shouted at me for not opening my mouth wide enough . After being sent to him for my entire childhood I stopped going. Didn't visit another dentist for 15 years until I had to go and find one because I had really bad toothache. The dentist I have now is lovely, she's a tiny slip of a thing but can yank teeth out like you wouldn't believe!
2007-02-24 18:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad made me go to the dentist as a kid, he was an awful dentist, and would give a filling when it wasn't needed I guess so he could claim payment from the goverment, He gave me a brace, which I was told later that I didnt need, he frightned the heck out of me and I am still petrified of dentists.
I had to go a few years ago, due to what I found out was an abcess, I went to the hospital dentist, sat in the chair and he said, yes that needs to come out, turned around and picked up a needle, heck I was off the chair and ran out of the place shaking, straight to teh chemist for a box of pain killers.
I managed to find a dentist that would give me sedation, as I couldn't even ring to ask about an appointment, my husband found me a dentist, private paying only, but he gave me sedation and I chatted away while he took out my tooth, did something about "root canal" i'd prefer not to know what he is doing, and even went back while he made and fitted a false ceramic tooth for me. It cost me an arm and a leg but I am not scared of going to see him anymore, just scared of the bill afterwards.
2007-02-24 15:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Jovi Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i went to the dentist a week ago for an emergency toothache appiontment whilst giving me a pain killling injection in the back of my jaw the dentist has damaged my nerve and i havent been able to feel the lefthand side of my mouth and jaw since. they told me the sensation will return when my nerve heals! lawyers at the ready!
2007-02-24 16:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by ben c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but if you did just switch dentist's. every dentist is different and will treat you differently. a bad experience shouldn't let you have bad teeth for the rest of your life.
everyone makes mistakes =]
2007-02-24 15:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by Lindsay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i was having to new crowns put on and have to have my gums injected 6 times before the teeth would go dumb, everytime she touched them with the drill i nearly went through the roof, my teeth are in a hell of a state now coz i wont go back!!
2007-02-24 15:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Tallulah♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a tooth extracted under gas as a child. They hadn't put me out properly, and I felt every tug. Agony. I've managed to get over it though, and have had lots of different procedures done since. None were as painful fortunately!
2007-02-24 16:02:51 · answer #8 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I have and it has made me afraid to go. I can't help but be scared to death every time I think of going to the dentist.
2007-02-24 15:38:41 · answer #9 · answered by B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dentist called me a stupid cow before bec he didnt like the colour i chose for my braces! it didnt put me off but boy do i wish i had slapped him one! lol
2007-02-24 15:36:44 · answer #10 · answered by yummy_mummy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋