First off I want to thank everyone for their great stories!!! Yuck! There have been some pretty nasty experiences out there. I had my hubby help me choose which of you had the nastiest story. What did I base nasty on....I think simply....did it make me cringe while I read the story. It was a close competion. One story actually made me wretch! But with out further adieu the winner for the "Best Dental Horror Story" goes to ............................
1st Place
Best Dental Horror Story
Here is TomCat's story. When he was a youngster his father took him to the dentist to have a couple of teeth extracted. The dentist went and strapped dear Tom into the dental chair and without any freezing or notice proceeded to remove his teeth. After the procedure the dentist released the wrist restraints and our dear TomCat decided to give the Dentist a present I am sure the dentist will remember....I nice punch in the mouth. Needless to say, TomCat never return. Tomcat then went on to give me a little history lesson about the dental chair. Apparently, the Dental chair was the protege for the use of the "Electric chair" seems rather fitting don't you think?
As I said there were some great stories. I would like to acknowledge
Josie for her "Most Embarrassing" dental story. Ladies, can you imagine. You are 12 years old sitting in the dental chair in your wonderfully white peddle pushers when the dreaded curse arrives for the first time!
And the "The Grossest" without a doubt goes to
Janet C . Janet was a dental assistance and she told me about a time when a patient came in to have dental work done on an abscess tooth. Apparently the tooth was extremely swollen and infected when the dentist used the scalpel to the spot....oh it burst and gushed and the smell would have knocked your socks off. I must admit, I think I would have had to leave the room at that point or I am sure someone would have been wearing something not pleasant. I know being a dental assistant is a job I just could not do.
So once again thanks to all for your participation. It was a lot of fun!!!
And the "The Grossest" without a doubt goes to
Janet C . Janet was a dental assistance and she told me about a time when a patient came in to have dental work done on an abscess tooth. Apparently the tooth was extremely swollen and infected when the dentist used the scalpel to the spot....oh it burst and gushed and the smell would have knocked your socks off. I must admit, I think I would have had to leave the room at that point or I am sure someone would have been wearing something not pleasant. I know being a dental assistant is a job I just could not do.
So once again thanks to all for your participation. It was a lot of fun!!!
19 comments:
Yep...those were three very good stories!!
:-D
Congrats and Condolences to all!!...lol!
Oh my. I'm honored, but I'd gladly give up the honor not th have had the experience. Over forty years have passed and I remember it as clearly as yesterday.
I also feel sorry for Janet. Yuck!!
Mary Anne, I am honored to have won Most Embarrassing. You had some good stories. Actually, I think pretty much any dental story is a horror story. It's definitely one of my "phobias".
Cheers,
Josie
As I have a definite Dentist phobia all I can say is " I'm glad it wasn't me!"
Great blog; lots of interest and lovely photos dotted through it.
Sorry, I couldn't get that story in to you before the deadline.....very busy with sick grandchildren and children; in fact Drew was temporarily hospitalized for dehydration due to some stomache virus!
Well thanks for the honorable mention. There's lots more where they came for that just happens to be the one that stuck in my mind. Never saw anything like that again. Thank heavens.
Congrats to TomCat!! I would have had a hard time reading through all those stories since I'm so terrified of the dentist! lol I gagged just reading about the abscessed tooth...YUCK!!!!
Great stories!
Even though I have a good dentist I find myself wanting to cancel my appointment in March all of a sudden.
Oh poor tomcat!!!! and urgghhh to the second one!
Claire xx
So what d? I win, RN, a link on your blogroll? ;-)
All your stories made me very grateful that I've only needed cleanings for the past 30 years!
By any chance was your post on dental horrors inspired by my comments in my first "Save the Internet" post? :)
Those were some good stories...however, maybe not a good idea to read considering I'm long overdue for a teeth cleaning!
Tomcat's experience reminded me of my older daughter and her fear of needles. She had a maloclusion of the lower jaw which could be corrected only via surgery -breaking the jaw, setting it and wiring her mouth shut for about 3 months. This was done when she was 21 years old. At one of her checkups with the dentist while the braces were still on, but he was loosening them then here and there, he noticed a piece of wire had begun to embed itself into her gum and had to be cut out. THough he offered her heavy-duty novacaine she refused it because she was terrified of needles. So, he ended up snipping and wiggling this piece of wire out and she had no pain meds at all! He told me later she truly was a "white knuckle" girl as she hung on to the chair for dear life while he kept trying to coax her into letting him give her some novacaine. Thankfully, she no longer has issues like that about needes and pain meds - got over that when her son was born, don't 'cha know? But, unlike Tomcat, this was her choice, was not forced upon her.
Oh icky icky icky! Quick.. put up some cute bird pictures or something lol.
Great stories... great contest idea. Congratulations.
If I hadn't been so busy getting ready for the baby and taking care of my wife I would have sent in a story.
Things are going well and it is neat to think that in less than ninty days we'll have a new baby...
Hi! Omigosh, I missed all this, but what a scary story by TomCat! I can see why he won!
P.S. Your "silver" theme Photo Hunt photo is great!
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