My dear friend was telling me about her hubby and his dental surgery he had. He was experiencing a fare amount of pain and requiring analgesic regularly. My heart went out to him, as my own experiences of visits to the dentist flashes through my mind. I don't know about the rest of you, but I Do Not like going to the dentist. I white knuckle it every time I sit in that dental chair. It's not that the staff aren't pleasant enough, they are. It's just the different sounds of the drill makes me cringe in the chair. The polishing the grinding, the having to keep your mouth open sometimes for hours and trying to swallow. Oh I get flustered just thinking about it. I know I must go, I am behind on my check up and cleaning.
It was one of my last visits to the dentist that did me in. I was having crowns put in on my back molars. For any of you who have crown work done you know how long that procedure can take. Anyhow, I am in to the second hour of sitting in the chair. I am frozen from my chin to my forehead. I feel like I am drooling everywhere. This dentist does not use "dams" you know those plastic grey things they fit into your mouth before they start your dental work. So here we are, I am thinking not long now and I will be out of this chair. When I hear him say "Ah oh"....you know it can't be good when the dentist says that. Remember I am frozen I can't feel anything....except a sensation and the taste of blood running down the back of my throat. Then I notice there is blood spewing out of my mouth. I look at the dental assistant and then the dentist, they say nothing but have they both have this look of "Oh my god" on their face. Next thing you know they are suctioning my mouth like crazy, packing my mouth, and then used this stuff to help stop the bleeding. Then out comes the needle and thread. Yup, he was having to stitch me up. What had happened, he dropped the drill in my mouth and it cut into the bottom of my tongue. I had to get 8 stitches. I mean as if getting the crowns wasn't enough I now had a tongue with stitches in it. 3 1/2 hours I was in that chair. I didn't know what to make of the whole thing. By the time I left I was just glad to be going home. For a week I was only able to tolerate liquids or thickened anything that minimized the use of my tongue.
You know the funny thing about that story is, I went back to him, as there was work to be finished. Yes you can call me crazy.
So there's my dental horror story. What about you. I bet there are some of you out there who can top that. I would love to hear your stories.
So this is what I was thinking. I would like to have a competition for the "Best Dental Horror Story". So if you are interested send me your stories. It has to be 250 words or less. Competition closes January 26th with the winner being announced January 29th. I will post the winning entry on my blog at which time an award will be given. So if you are interested in entering send your stories to smiles4u_61@hotmail.com I think this will be fun. Please note that there is an "underscore" between the u and the 6 on the email address.
It was one of my last visits to the dentist that did me in. I was having crowns put in on my back molars. For any of you who have crown work done you know how long that procedure can take. Anyhow, I am in to the second hour of sitting in the chair. I am frozen from my chin to my forehead. I feel like I am drooling everywhere. This dentist does not use "dams" you know those plastic grey things they fit into your mouth before they start your dental work. So here we are, I am thinking not long now and I will be out of this chair. When I hear him say "Ah oh"....you know it can't be good when the dentist says that. Remember I am frozen I can't feel anything....except a sensation and the taste of blood running down the back of my throat. Then I notice there is blood spewing out of my mouth. I look at the dental assistant and then the dentist, they say nothing but have they both have this look of "Oh my god" on their face. Next thing you know they are suctioning my mouth like crazy, packing my mouth, and then used this stuff to help stop the bleeding. Then out comes the needle and thread. Yup, he was having to stitch me up. What had happened, he dropped the drill in my mouth and it cut into the bottom of my tongue. I had to get 8 stitches. I mean as if getting the crowns wasn't enough I now had a tongue with stitches in it. 3 1/2 hours I was in that chair. I didn't know what to make of the whole thing. By the time I left I was just glad to be going home. For a week I was only able to tolerate liquids or thickened anything that minimized the use of my tongue.
You know the funny thing about that story is, I went back to him, as there was work to be finished. Yes you can call me crazy.
So there's my dental horror story. What about you. I bet there are some of you out there who can top that. I would love to hear your stories.
So this is what I was thinking. I would like to have a competition for the "Best Dental Horror Story". So if you are interested send me your stories. It has to be 250 words or less. Competition closes January 26th with the winner being announced January 29th. I will post the winning entry on my blog at which time an award will be given. So if you are interested in entering send your stories to smiles4u_61@hotmail.com I think this will be fun. Please note that there is an "underscore" between the u and the 6 on the email address.
31 comments:
No need to compete, but at 13, I had four wisdom teeth pulled without benefit of anesthetic. The dentist was cheap and old fashioned, so he just strapped me in, strapped my arms down and went to work. My father saved no money, however, because the first thing I did when he undid the straps was to break the dentist's nose.
BTW, I have added you to my blog list at PP and apologize for the delay.
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Sorry to hear about your suffering in the dental office. Hard to forget that...
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OUCH!
I think you have me beat hands down.
Please get a new dentist!
well hi mary anne honey! i am just so sorry you had that horrible experience. yuck! now i have a great dentist. a lady one. boy doggie she does good work too. but then, she has her glasses on, i don't think she has ever lost them either. skittles' told me she found mine and showed me a picture, but you know what, i don't think they were mine. they were on a boy's - um - parts. did i say that delicately enough? now why would my glasses be THERE i ask you. did you see my little silver box yet? i am still looking for that too. and odat's diary too. i seem to be getting worse i think, losing things i mean. now mary anne, it is 82 degrees here today, do you think you could come down here and help me look for stuff? and thanks in advance. oh, and mary anne honey? if you can't come don't worry, i won't get my panties all in a knot like the last time, okay? sigh.....bee
I emailed a horror story.
Oh icky ouchie owie!!! Cringe and goosebumps.
Having just spent much time in the dreaded dental chair, I will give this some thought. I have had a couple of experiences that I am not fond of. However, my hubby thinks he can give me a run for the money! lol
Dropping the drill in your mouth requiring 8 stitches to close the wound.....naaaahhhh, I don't know anyone with a worse dental horror story than that!!!!
Yowzers!!!!
Just to let you all know...if you know of a dental horror story I will accept that was well.
Tomcat I think that would have been terrible to be strapped in a chair...I would have been traumatized for life.
Pamela I will await your story.
Miss Bee well darlin I just don't know what to tell you about that darn silver box...still on the look out.
Martie, you know it can't be good when the dentist goes Ah Oh...and I haven't done that before...
oops I meant to say...if you know of someone elses dental story and are allowed to share it..I will accept that as well.
Oh my goodness. That is plain scary. It can be in SAW, the movie.
Keep posting, i like your blog.
Horrifying indeed, RN but so well-told.
2 hours in the chair is a long time.
I really think it helps for a dentist to be very warm and friendly - a real people person.
It lessens the ordeal so beautifully.
No way could my dental experiences ever rival getting my tongue cut and stitched or being strapped in the chair and having 4 wisdom teeth extracted without anesthetic! I'd never have gone back to ANY dentist if anything near like those things ever happened to me!
wow...what a great idea...there probably isn't a person out there without a good story including me!! But, I don't know, I'm thinking yours tops the list of the most gruesome!!
:-D
With the quantity of blood involved, we may just have to declare you the winner by default....
Hiya RN, well it sure was. Many are not aware thet the e;electric chair was first conceived by Dr. Albert Southwick, a Buffalo NY dentist, so the old fashioned dental chair became the model on which it was based.
I have no dental horror stories so far, and I hope to keep it that way, too.
Helen
Ugh...I'm one of those people who are TERRIFIED of the dentist! Like you, I white knuckle it the whole time I'm there...if I can get past the terrible anxiety I go through before I even get there! I've had some horrible times at the dentist but never had the drill dropped in my mouth...OUCH!
I once threw up at the dentist. I was getting two teeth removed (in prep for getting braces). I don't do well with medical procedure to begin with and as someone that had never gone through much more than a normal teeth cleaning I was a nervous wreck...and they gave me those shots to numb my mouth and left me to sit there with my mother and I'm getting more and more nervous at every passing minute and I start feeling dizzy...and next thing I know my entire lunch is all over the little room.
Scared the detist for sure. He actually called my house that night to check up on me.
Very glad I no longer go to him.
i saw the title and that made me laugh! of course for a root canal i was put on PCN prior and turns out i am majorly allergic. huge hives, huge swelling, one ER trip and a week later after i started on a "safe" antibiotic i finally got the root canal done!
Hello, i post the other day about going to the dentist.
Good news apparently i have perfect teeth! woo hoo!
Bad news now i have an ulcer and it stings! so can only eat on one side of my mouth (not easy)
Claire xx
Oh, it's never good to hear them say uh-oh! My heart doctor said this once during a heart cath and I immediately felt something snap in my arm. They used the artery on the inside of your elbow because I didn't want to be so imobilized with the groin artery and my arteries just aren't big enough and I'm not sure what part of my anantomy he dropped, but he had to go fishing for it. Very scary when they say stuff like that. Are you going to post the winning story? I hope so!!!
Huge hugs my friend!
Okay, we're all big kids here, so I can tell you my dental story. The first time I had to have dental work done, I was 12 years old. I can't remember what I was having done, it wasn't anything major. It was the summertime and I was wearing white "pedal pushers". I happened to look down and my white peddle pushers were turning red. Unbeknownst to my I was starting my first period. For some reason I associated it with the dental work, and I freaked. I have had a phobia about dentists ever since.
Josie
oh mi! ick...
one thing that i negotiated some time when i was a child - i have control of the suction! And i still grab it today. you wanna be in my mouth - fine, but on my terms!
I thought all dentist visits were horror .... LOL
Chelle
I’m not that fond of dentists either. I especially hate it when they say :”This might hurt a lil”.. aaaah! And my friends sister has just been lured to the dark side – she has become a dentist… the horror!
Oh, I can't believe I even read this post! I am TERRIFIED of dentists. Like tomcat, I was strapped into a chair at 13 (he and I must be the same age)and the dentist pulled a tooth that was abscessed. I've never gotten over it. Have to take drugs just to calm down enough to get to the dentist. He DROPPED the drill in your mouth and you went BACK to him??? What were you thinking??? I'm enjoying your blog alot - but will have to think about whether I'll read the horror stories you'll receive. lol
I can't stand the dentist. I finally found one I love though. I had a dentist before him tell me I need a root canal...I've never had anything more than a filling (and my wisdom teeth pulled). So I went to my current dentist and he just filled it up...I swear they are all out to get as much money as they can.
I am glad I don't have a horror story to compete with! Though nothing bad has happened to me, apart from the usual - drilling, discomfort, talking with your mouth full etc., I still dislike going to the dentist.
I had an experience several years ago where the dentist started drilling before the novacaine had kicked in. My arm shot up and I nearly punched him.
I seriously hope that you did not have to pay for the trip to the dentist wherein he dropped the drill in your mouth. That would be insult to severe injury if they made you pay for that.
My dentist nearly killed me and put me in the hospital for a month. Anyone know what sepsis is? I didn't until this last October. I called my dentist early on a Sunday morning to report a sudden swelling in my face and requested antibiotics and painkillers until I could come in on Monday. I've been going to this dentist for 8 years. I go to the drug store to pick up my scripts and only get painkillers. I figure there must be some mistake. After a phone call to my dentist I am informed they won't prescribe me antibiotics until I come in on Monday. Meh, I figure, what can happen in the space of a day? By Monday morning my face has swollen up to my eyeball and all the way down the neck. (I have pics.) I am beginning to lose consciousness and after being shuffled from general dentistry to the oral surgeon and left alone for over an hour I did lose consciousness. I was then transported to the nearest ER and admitted. Have you ever reached pain off the charts? Pain that knocks you out? My eyeball began leaking pus from the infection. I went thru 2 surgeries to my face as the abcess had burst thru the bone into my sinus cavites and thus began leaking out the ocular orifice. I was septic and on a central PICC line for the next 3 weeks. I got the "you may leave here in a pine box" speech from one of my specialists. I was lucky. I lived and other than some facial paralysis/numbness I am fine. But I wonder, what if my dentist had given me my antibiotics? I never thought my teeth could kill me. And your dentist will never tell you that either.
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