I had a root canal on Wednesday: the endodontist had over 200 movies for me to choose from. I wore a video headset and watched while he worked. The worst part was not seeing the end of the movie.
I think that we all have an abiding fear of the sort of dentist that was so well portrayed by Steve Martin in “Little Shop of Horrors”! It is such a cultural icon that it will be generations going away!
Root canals can be painless with only Novocain, but they can also be horrendously painful when you get an endodontist who is incompetent. I have had 10 root canals in my lifetime. None of them were fun, but most of them were painless.
My discomfort with dentists stems from the old fool who was my dentist growing up in the 50’s. My parents thought he was wonderful. He wasn’t. He routinely hurt me so bad that I neglected my teeth for several years after I got old enough to say no to ever seeing him again. It took a LOT of nitrous oxide and a dentist who was very gentle and painless to get me past the “clenching my fists so hard I cut my palms with my nails” fear of dentistry.
How about the dentist in “Little Shop of Horrors”?
starts singing…..”Be a dentist!”
Had a root canal a couple of weeks ago by a dentist with the personality of a rock. Procedure was pretty painless till the novocaine wore off a couple of hours later. Then it was an ice pack on the face for three days while the drilled-out, burned-out nerve finally gave up the ghost. Shall we talk about the COST? And I have no new crown to brag about, either. Just an empty sliver spot on the gum line where the tooth used to live. The perfect tooth that is now in a small box because of a green olive pit where a red pimento was SUPPOSED to be.
This strip, from the 80s, was republished twelve years ago. It’s still rare that my dentists dam my mouth. The first time I encountered it was about 15 years ago – such a rare thing that I took a photo. IDK if it’s a Canada/USA thing or what.
JanLC about 14 years ago
Fun? Fun? The only thing fun about the dentist is being DONE.
parethed about 14 years ago
Just knock me out and wake me when its over…
gobblingup Premium Member about 14 years ago
That’s no patient, that’s a fuzzy alien!
Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member about 14 years ago
I had a root canal on Wednesday: the endodontist had over 200 movies for me to choose from. I wore a video headset and watched while he worked. The worst part was not seeing the end of the movie.
cdward about 14 years ago
Ugh, I have to go to the dentist on Monday.
alan.gurka about 14 years ago
I’ve had 3 root canals–all wide awake with only novocaine. All went well and painless.
ses1066 about 14 years ago
I think that we all have an abiding fear of the sort of dentist that was so well portrayed by Steve Martin in “Little Shop of Horrors”! It is such a cultural icon that it will be generations going away!
WaynCharl about 14 years ago
The movie Marathon Man formed my eternal fear of dentists.
IS IT SAFE ! ! ! !WaynCharl about 14 years ago
The movie Marathon Man formed my fear of dentists forever. ” Is it SAFE”
rshive about 14 years ago
ladyfingers86– Ihad a dentist friend who (years ago) dreaded doing root canals. But I had one myself just last year and it wasn’t so bad.
JanLC about 14 years ago
Root canals can be painless with only Novocain, but they can also be horrendously painful when you get an endodontist who is incompetent. I have had 10 root canals in my lifetime. None of them were fun, but most of them were painless. My discomfort with dentists stems from the old fool who was my dentist growing up in the 50’s. My parents thought he was wonderful. He wasn’t. He routinely hurt me so bad that I neglected my teeth for several years after I got old enough to say no to ever seeing him again. It took a LOT of nitrous oxide and a dentist who was very gentle and painless to get me past the “clenching my fists so hard I cut my palms with my nails” fear of dentistry.
summerdog86 about 14 years ago
How about the dentist in “Little Shop of Horrors”?
starts singing…..”Be a dentist!”
Had a root canal a couple of weeks ago by a dentist with the personality of a rock. Procedure was pretty painless till the novocaine wore off a couple of hours later. Then it was an ice pack on the face for three days while the drilled-out, burned-out nerve finally gave up the ghost. Shall we talk about the COST? And I have no new crown to brag about, either. Just an empty sliver spot on the gum line where the tooth used to live. The perfect tooth that is now in a small box because of a green olive pit where a red pimento was SUPPOSED to be.
gofinsc about 14 years ago
My job before I retired was so bad that it was better to go to the dentist for a cleaning than work.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 14 years ago
That’s no laughing matter.
Oh, wait! It IS a laughing matter.
Gretchen's Mom about 14 years ago
The final bill is usually more painful to me than the actual procedure was!
:-(
brigidkeely over 1 year ago
This strip, from the 80s, was republished twelve years ago. It’s still rare that my dentists dam my mouth. The first time I encountered it was about 15 years ago – such a rare thing that I took a photo. IDK if it’s a Canada/USA thing or what.