• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When I had braces, the orthodontist had such a soothing demeanor that I drifted off like when they shampoo your hair at the hair salon.

    The man had a little bit of that Bob Ross mojo.
    “Now bite down for me please… thank you…”

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      10 months ago

      I fell asleep once while during a teeth cleaning and the person doing it was pretty surprised. It had nothing to do with demeanor though, I closed my eyes because the light was annoying then I got bored.

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    1 year ago

    “feel completely helpless”? That dentist has got their hands near my mouth, the sharpest part of my body. If someone feels helpless, it’s not gonna be me. 😬😁

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      1 year ago

      Now I’m wondering, do dentists get bitten? Obviously a normal person wouldn’t try to bite but there are some crazy people out there.

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        I’ve never intentionally bit a dentist, but I did accidentally do it (actually it was a hygienist) because I could feel a sneeze coming on and tried to get her hands out of my mouth by garbling words around her hands. When that didn’t work I tried to physically push her hands away only to be lectured that she was almost done and it would only be another 15 minut…SNEEZE!! I was then lectured that I should’ve told her to move her hands. Like I DID!!! I was pushing with all my strength and you resisted me because you thought I was a petulant child. She also embedded a hook so deep in my gums that it took a week before I couldn’t see the hole and then lectured me about the importance of flossing because apparently it only bled cause I didn’t floss. Still not sure how I was supposed to floss under my tongue though.

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    1 year ago

    And i literally just returned from the dental hygienist to find this in my feed, lol