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.
"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. 😬😁
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.
16 Comments
samwise@kbin.social · 32 pts · 2y
Trash necklace got me. I love this comic lol
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
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..."
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Any chance this dentist is in the American South? And still in practice?
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Alas, no. He was in the San Diego area, and this was about three decades ago.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
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.
WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi · 21 pts · 2y
now i will ask you questions.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 2y
Your teeth are the only part of your skeleton that you clean.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Speak for yourself. I take mine out for a spring cleaning every year.
hydrospanner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Don't just clean the springs, gotta get the gears and pulleys too.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev · 13 pts · 2y
"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. 😬😁
ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 2y
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.
shaknais@mastodon.social · 9 pts · 2y
@ciko22i3
Mine did, when they accidentally poked an exposed nerve, inside a broken tooth.
Player2@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
😖
Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
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.
Papanca@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
And i literally just returned from the dental hygienist to find this in my feed, lol
Gsus4@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y
Yaaaay, new comic :3