[malk]

But,when youve got bad toothache,i mean proper toothasche,like abcess,(i had x2 abcess at once),the dentist is a godsend,that injection,and the relief of a weekend of no sleep,pacing up and down,sucking on clove oil tissues,and whiskey,finding the strongest painkillers......that was my only bad one dentist.

my missus wont go to british NHS dentist,shes brazillian,and goes to there every year,to see her mum,then she goes to the dentist,its private ,but compared to here cheap(if you can afford to get there in the first place),and treat you very well.
One of the best i went to was over there,very cool surgery,really nice dentist,(pphhwwwooaarrr),...NHS,is a bit crappy,but,with Dentist,as other things..you get what you pay for,,unless you look after your teeth really well,you shouldnt have a problem anyway....
so,scared of dentist=scabby teeth?(joke BTW.)

[kopchoir]

Originally Posted by njdbaxter

. . . .

IF you do 3 years of med school and drop out you can be a dentist.
Are you suggesting that Dentists are Doctors??

[QBSBuck]

Can't agree with this thread title, my dentist is a hottie! She can drill me all day as long as I can, well you know

[Trollslayer]

Originally Posted by kopchoir

Failed doctors are Dentists

A stupid comment.
I have known good and bad dentists, good and bad doctors.
Part of it comes down to areas where they are willing to work - I am in Bristol and there is plenty of chocie for both. Several years ago and there were very few dentists because therer wasn't any money in it there.

[IronGiant]

Originally Posted by kopchoir

IF you do 3 years of med school and drop out you can be a dentist.
Are you suggesting that Dentists are Doctors??

It was a pretty daft thing to say though Si.



You implied all dentists dropped out of/ or were Med School rejects.

It's like when some Medics assume anyone studying Biochemistry/Physiology/Pharmacology is only studying it because they couldn't get the grades to go to Med School.

[Foebane72]

Originally Posted by njdbaxter

. . . .

WAIT, wait, let me do that...



Oh MAN, that felt good. Let me do it once more...

[Mr_Wistles]

Originally Posted by kopchoir

Failed doctors are Dentists

I am sure my dentist thinks of his failure every time he looks at his Daytona when getting into his Turbo S.

[kopchoir]

Originally Posted by IronGiant

It was a pretty daft thing to say though Si.



You implied all dentists dropped out of/ or were Med School rejects.

It's like when some Medics assume anyone studying Biochemistry/Physiology/Pharmacology is only studying it because they couldn't get the grades to go to Med School.

Didnt mean to come across the way i did,times have changed and i didnt mean all dentists were Med School Rejects.

Just 99% of them are
(Yes im joking )
@Trollslayer why was it a stupid comment,as i have said times have probably changed, but the vast majority of dentists where those that dropped out of Med School.
It doesnt matter i wasnt sniping either just making a general comment about dentists

@Russell Im sure he isnt mate and that wasnt my point either, Dentists make far far more than Physicians.

So do people call their dentists Dr`s or does your dentist call themselves Dr.

Some Dentists are actually Dr`s and some are highly trained and skilled orthodontic and Max Fax surgeons.

[JimmyMac]

Being married to the manager of the paeds ward of one of the uk's top dental hospitals means I'm pretty ok with dentists and the likes

As for dentists being drop out med students, certainly not like that there and it's a teaching hospital, not met a single one that's tried medicine first

[ggrant]

While I don't hate them, I'm not their biggest fan.

As a child, my guy was a bit heavy handed and it led to me having a fair dislike to them. To the point that my wife took some time in persuading me to go to her guy. Being Scottish, I wasn't keen on the idea of paying private prices but if it helped cure my dislike of them then I was all for it.

I've been going to him for about 3 years now and I can't fault the guy. Sadly, he left to return to New Zealand around 4 months ago and the guy I've been transferred to within the pratice made his first order of business to tell me I need about £400 of work. Way to make an introduction

[cornish]

Originally Posted by ggrant

Sadly, he left to return to New Zealand around 4 months ago and the guy I've been transferred to within the pratice made his first order of business to tell me I need about £400 of work. Way to make an introduction

sadly, some of these dentists will fill your teeth just for the money regardless of whether you need work done or not. i had one as a kid, i'm llike mr fillings because of that rip-off merchant, because i was a kid my parents never needed to pay, so i'm sure he made up some bs saying i needed this and that done, yet i never had toothache.

connahan if you are stiill alive, be ashamed you money grabber. it's the reason now that i avoid the dentist unless i have a problem. but this is the first time in over 20 years i am having a regular check up. so i hope it all goes well.

[NorvernRob]

Dentists don't bother me one bit. I actually didn't go for a few years, but that was because my dentist closed and I was lazy in finding another! When I started going again I had a couple of fillings redone and under my gums deep cleaned under LA, none of it was any pain or trouble at all.

I suppose I can understand why some people who have had a bad experience can be put off going again, but the irony is the worst thing you'll encounter at a dentist pales into insignificance when compared to toothache (or having a smile like Albert Steptoe)

[njdbaxter]

grown men scared of dentists, ha ha

just grin and bear it. Im out and in in under 10 minutes and get the drill cleaning everytime and i hate it, but its worth it.

nearly 30 years old and never needed a filling and have all teeth still in excellent condition.

i has always wondered why people have bad teeth and how they got that way

[njdbaxter]

Originally Posted by NorvernRob

I suppose I can understand why some people who have had a bad experience can be put off going again, but the irony is the worst thing you'll encounter at a dentist pales into insignificance when compared to toothache (or having a smile like Albert Steptoe)

i dont understand it, people have bad experiences in many other things such as drink and drugs but still go back to consuming them

[travid]

Originally Posted by njdbaxter

grown men scared of dentists, ha ha

just grin and bear it. Im out and in in under 10 minutes and get the drill cleaning everytime and i hate it, but its worth it.

nearly 30 years old and never needed a filling and have all teeth still in excellent condition.

i has always wondered why people have bad teeth and how they got that way

Anyone who makes my food and sticks metal in my Gob, yes I am scared of!

[sparkie1984]

Originally Posted by njdbaxter

i dont understand it, people have bad experiences in many other things such as drink and drugs but still go back to consuming them

Surely that's addiction to some extent though?

I'm uneasy in water due to almost drowning as a kid and being saved by my brother.

So maybe I'm just the sort of person who's past experiences make him wary

[Foebane72]

This reminds me of my P/T Cleaner job back in UWIC Llandaff, Cardiff back around the year 2000, where I was assigned to the Dental department of the campus shortly before it underwent a major refurbishment.

It was quite a fascinating place, but I would think the sheer amount the dental students learnt would be similar to that of a medical student, it was quite a lot to know, and they had all the fancy equipment there.

All I do know is, they went through a HECK of a lot of plaster which I had to dispose of, most likely to make the casts and so forth!

At one point, I was even asked to clean the room where an examination would be held later and everything was set up ready - the equipment looked so intricate I wouldn't know where to start describing it.

[Dony]

Originally Posted by njdbaxter

grown men scared of dentists, ha ha

just grin and bear it. Im out and in in under 10 minutes and get the drill cleaning everytime and i hate it, but its worth it.

nearly 30 years old and never needed a filling and have all teeth still in excellent condition.

i has always wondered why people have bad teeth and how they got that way

I've often wondered why I've had arthritis since I was 15, but hey...**** happens.

[Rog69]

I was traumatised by my dentist as a young child (back in the 70's). This woman was very bitter and twisted towards children and every visit involved two or three fillings which were always performed without any form of anaesthetic. She had nicknames for all of her tools, Buzzy bee the drill and Mr hook were regular visitors to my childhood nightmares. She even had a scary name herself that sounded like a character from a horror film.

To make matters worse, she would calculate your six-monthly check up dates so you would have every other appointment on your birthday, my mother never liked to cause a fuss so she would never change the date.

If you were a good during your appointment you got to choose a treat to take home, you could have some of that cotton wool wadding they stuff into your mouth, a plaster cast of someone else's manky teeth (usually with their name and address written on the bottom) or most bizarrely she had a big sack of iron on t-shirt patches that you could dip into and choose from, they had already been ironed on and then raggedly cut around again.

I was in my 30's before I started going to the dentist again and have been told by every subsequent dentist that most of my childhood fillings were unnecessary, I can only assume she was either paid by the filling or was just plain sadistic, I suspect it was both.