JDB
I'm have a crown put on a tooth, and I still hate dentist!! Back in my childhood, we went to a fancy dentist for a few times before mom thought he was to expensive. So,, we went to another dentist, much more affordable. I'm guessing he learned dentistry in WW2 and never upgraded. Usually after school we went, you could still smell his liquid dinner on his breath, if I did have a cavity he would always say it's just a little cavity David we're not going to use any Novacane. I would walk out crying. The time I did make him use the juice, he pulled out a needle from his desk drawer it reminded me of one from the old Western shows from the 1800's. That damn thing hurt more than the drilling. Ever since I have had problems going to the dentist. And yes he put the needle right back in the drawer.
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country bumpkin
I was not made to brush my teeth when I was a kid so by the time I was around the age 8-10 I had a mouth full of cavities. I was petrified of needles so every time the dentist tried to numb my mouth I would plead with him not too. He finally gave in to my wishes and he drilled out 13 cavities on the same day. I was told that when I'm feeling lots of pain to raise my hand and he will stop drilling for a moment to give me a rest. I raised my hand so many times for him to stop, but he didn't always oblige.
To this day, I'm so fearful of going to the dentist even if it's only to have my teeth cleaned. Ha, one dentist, I used to have (he moved to another state) prescribed diazepam for me to take before my appointments.
I don't think I'll ever get past my fear of going to the dentist. This is why I brush my teeth sometimes several times a day. I also floss and use a tongue scraper.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Ducky, No phones allowed. LOL
Benthere
jhharlan
Would I ever be able to eat yellow squash? Hated it as a child, it made me gag. Both of my sisters learned to really, really love it. It still makes me gag......
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
I can't stand that behavior, and it gets no sympathy from me.
Ducky
Being forced to become an adult! :)
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Bob/PKB
One night, Mom, sister and I were visiting her friend and her 6 children. Dad was home and her husband was probably out at a bar. We all lived outside town, amid vineyards and orchards. Their home was 600 sq. ft. at most, very crowded for a big family (with another baby on the way. Oldest child was 9 at the time).
While the women visited, we watched the B/W television, which was broadcasting "Dracula". When we left, there was a full moon, and we were "in the middle of nowhere" geography-wise. Untold evil was obviously lurking in every shadow, the barn, behind trees, among vines....
I couldn't get into the car and lock the door fast enough. The evening still haunts me, remembering the fear that movie put in me. Mom's friend later died in the delivery room...I later learned she'd told my mom she'd rather be dead than take her newborn home to that tiny shack, another memory from that night.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
terryfossil 1
Does not trouble me anymore JD,,got em all out ,top and bottom..lost some as they got broken,lost a few more with a broken jaw,had one dentist who had injected block injections,but he could not pull it out because it would not go to sleep,so he drilled down the middle of it till he hit the nerve,after he got me off the roof,he injected down the middle of the tooth,tooth went dead, and he pulled it out..so i figured stuff it they are all coming out,,and they did,i have no regrets,just gotta find a good denture maker every 5 to 10 years..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
