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jsalathe said:From the ages 5-10 I had around five fillings by a sadistic dentist who told me I didn't need any painkiller at all for cavities in my baby teeth. Then when he filled cavities in my big teeth he convinced me i was a "big boy" and didn't need painkillers for that either. He was drilling around and i could smell, see and feel my burning and torutred teeth and gums. it was excruciating and i was told to keep perfectly still and to keep quiet like a big boy.
I have looked for other occurrences of this, but it doesn't seem to have been nearly as common as I supposed. this was in the late '70's. Does anyone know if this was the norm back then? It always seemed traumatic to me, but later dentists and my parents didn't think anything much of it when I told them about it.