I had my first serious dental operation yesterday, it was a devitalization, they needed to kill one of my teeth because it got infected. I was scared af before goijng there (you know, I was, until yesterday, very phobic of the dentist) I sat, they anesthesized half my mouth and proceeded with the operation. It lasted two almost uninterrupted hours, they put some kind of hooks, syringes and other stuff inside my tooth (and obviously they used the Drill) then they closed it all with some kind of molten wax. God, Allah, historic materialism or whoever rules this world bless whoever invented anesthesia, I can’t even imagine how much it would have hurt without it.
Fear? I only fear their prices.
That’s true comrade 😅 my suggestion is to go to as much of them as possible, the first asked 700€,the second more than 1000 but the third, the one I went to asked only 300 (obviously in cash hehehehehee)
It’s kinda shit in Poland, we do have some public dentists available (less and less every year though, most of them went to the western Europe or opened private clinics), but they only do very basic things for free, everything rest is already private and the prices are harsh. At least it is a good argument against privatization libs understand - “entire healthcare will be like the dentists”, but since they are libs there is no resistance anyway.
It’s shit here too, the public dentist asked more than the private one.
well…maybe the fear is something cultural for the (erroneous) assumption that odontology works the same as it worked in 18th century thanks to the media
Yeah there is definitely a psychological element that pervades culturally. For example, for wisdom tooth removal, in most cases you don’t need general anaesthesia. Local anaesthesia suffices. But in the US at least general anaesthesia is chosen when it is not required. I am not sure if it is because people are scared of being operated while still being awake and aware, or if dentists (most of which are essentially small businesses) are doing it to milk more money out of people.
its a mix of both in my opinion, theres surely a component of buisnesses wanting to milk money out of people, but it aint fun to feel hooks, syringes, drills and other stuff operating inside of your mouth while you’re 100% concious. I had to drug myself with some valium before the operation to resist it.
Considering that I can’t tolerate even just a particularly chewy piece of meat in my mouth, that seems like it would be hell
Yes it wasn’t fun for sure, but u don’t feel anything in that part of the mouth anyway
When I was going through boot camp they put a rag over my face, broke my wisdom teeth into little pieces and scrapped them out piece by piece. They drilled a hole in my tooth just for practice and threatened to mast me if I complained. They are evil and should be struck on sight.
what the fuck comrade I’m angry that you went through that
I have a hole in my otherwise perfect teeth. I’ll stop being angry when the hole fixes itself.
May I ask who they are, in this case?
I personally hold a grudge against all dentists everywhere. They specifically would be Navy Dental Corps officers.
I used to hate going to the dentist. I remember one appointment that I had a decade ago where they performed three procedures on me within one day and I must have been in that seat for more than six hours (maybe even ten). All that I could do was think of my lover as the agony went on and on, with no end in sight.
It was several years after that day that I finally let go of my dread. In fact, sometimes I actually rather enjoy revisiting the dentist: it gives me a good reason to get out of the house, express my sense of humor and listen to some good music. I can’t help but laugh when a dentist handles something that vibrates my mouth, which impresses them.
I’m not joking when I saw that watching a movie scene—specifically the sex scene in The Room—still causes me greater discomfort than being at the dentist. That’s how far I’ve come.
