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jsalathe
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I tried to post this before, but it didn't go through. Here is my story:
Dr Bailey approached me. I was sitting on the chair, I always kind of enjoyed the dentist. the teeth cleaning felt good and tasted good. but today he asid I had a cavity. it was in my baby teeth. he said, “ you don’t want a shot do you?” “It’s really only for girls, and we’re only filling your baby teeth.
“Then I don’t need a shot.” I was strong boy, not a sissy girl. Plus, it wasn’t like it would be like a grown up tooth, they must hurt alot more..”
He started by placing very painful devices between my teeth and gums . I was squirming around from the pain and he said once he started drilling I couldn’t move anymore because he might slip and hurt me. I had to be quiet too so that he could concentrate. He approached with the drill in hand and started it spinning. he hesitantly applied some pressure and it felt strange, but not particularly painful. then he started to really apply some pressure and start drilling around. it was excruciating. I could smell my burned teeth and blood. the pain filled my body down to my toes and then went out the tips of my toes, fingertips and head. he was unerlenting. I tried so hard to hold still I must … no, I didn’t cry I don’t think. I just took it, because I was a string boy. I didn’t want the dentist and the other people to think I was a sissy. my mom and my sister were there. My sister got the shot because she was a gril.
the drilling lasted a long time. I don’t remember too many specifics, I remember digging my nails into the faux leather of the armrests. I remember wondering when it would end. but he kept on stopping, moving around or changing the bit and then restarting. It was a mercury filling. I don’t remember how they do that anymore, so I don’t rememebr the end.
I was five.
I had 5 or more cavities filled this way. all of the cavities that this dentist filled. My mom made sure I had impeccable dental habits, brushing 2-3 times per day and flossing to boot. I might have said I was cavity prone, but my dental hygiene has plummetted in adult life and I haven’t had a cavity in 15 years. my parents should NOT have let this happen and that dentist should have gone to jail. he is surely going to his own hell
I must have told my parents that he didn’t give me a shot, but maybe I didn’t tell anyone. you might wonder why I din’t make him stop. I didn’t know any better. he told me the needle hurt so much anyway and he was convincing me that real boys and men don’t need that. I don’t think anyone else ever asked me about it. the next dentist I went to approached with the needle and I told him I wasn’t sure about that, maybe we should just do it without the needle. The new dentist said, “you can’t do that.” I told him that I had never had it before. I don’t remember his response, but other dentist and dental assistants said theyb had heard similar stories but didn’t seem too fazed by it.
Is this unusual? It was in the mid ‘70’s.
Dr Bailey approached me. I was sitting on the chair, I always kind of enjoyed the dentist. the teeth cleaning felt good and tasted good. but today he asid I had a cavity. it was in my baby teeth. he said, “ you don’t want a shot do you?” “It’s really only for girls, and we’re only filling your baby teeth.
“Then I don’t need a shot.” I was strong boy, not a sissy girl. Plus, it wasn’t like it would be like a grown up tooth, they must hurt alot more..”
He started by placing very painful devices between my teeth and gums . I was squirming around from the pain and he said once he started drilling I couldn’t move anymore because he might slip and hurt me. I had to be quiet too so that he could concentrate. He approached with the drill in hand and started it spinning. he hesitantly applied some pressure and it felt strange, but not particularly painful. then he started to really apply some pressure and start drilling around. it was excruciating. I could smell my burned teeth and blood. the pain filled my body down to my toes and then went out the tips of my toes, fingertips and head. he was unerlenting. I tried so hard to hold still I must … no, I didn’t cry I don’t think. I just took it, because I was a string boy. I didn’t want the dentist and the other people to think I was a sissy. my mom and my sister were there. My sister got the shot because she was a gril.
the drilling lasted a long time. I don’t remember too many specifics, I remember digging my nails into the faux leather of the armrests. I remember wondering when it would end. but he kept on stopping, moving around or changing the bit and then restarting. It was a mercury filling. I don’t remember how they do that anymore, so I don’t rememebr the end.
I was five.
I had 5 or more cavities filled this way. all of the cavities that this dentist filled. My mom made sure I had impeccable dental habits, brushing 2-3 times per day and flossing to boot. I might have said I was cavity prone, but my dental hygiene has plummetted in adult life and I haven’t had a cavity in 15 years. my parents should NOT have let this happen and that dentist should have gone to jail. he is surely going to his own hell
I must have told my parents that he didn’t give me a shot, but maybe I didn’t tell anyone. you might wonder why I din’t make him stop. I didn’t know any better. he told me the needle hurt so much anyway and he was convincing me that real boys and men don’t need that. I don’t think anyone else ever asked me about it. the next dentist I went to approached with the needle and I told him I wasn’t sure about that, maybe we should just do it without the needle. The new dentist said, “you can’t do that.” I told him that I had never had it before. I don’t remember his response, but other dentist and dental assistants said theyb had heard similar stories but didn’t seem too fazed by it.
Is this unusual? It was in the mid ‘70’s.