Health: Today, at the dentist, the new, rather airy assistant went to...

By retainer - 22/07/2009 22:36 - United States

Today, at the dentist, the new, rather airy assistant went to prep me for an extraction. She began pulling on something in my mouth, and a moment later, I felt intense pain and then the wetness of blood. She was trying to pull out "that weird wire thing". In other words, my permanent retainer. FML

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By dentistvictim - 16/10/2009 07:27 - Norway

Today, I went to the school dentist for the yearly routine check. She took ages trying to clean out my teeth with the metal toothpick-thing, constantly hitting my gums. After half an hour of pain and spitting blood, she looks up and says, laughing: "Oh, I forgot to put my glasses on". FML

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No pain, no gain

By Anonymous - 29/03/2023 04:00 - Canada

Today, I went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. The numbing medication didn't work, so I felt everything. I was in so much pain that I accidentally bit down on the dentist's finger, causing him to yell in agony. Now, I have to find a new dentist. FML

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By Fox_Undercover - 30/04/2016 20:33 - United States - Wareham

Today, my dentist pulled the wrong tooth. FML

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By fuckalltwitardsintheface - 20/09/2012 21:34 - United States - Lindsey

Today, I went to a new dentist because I've been experiencing occasional toothache. Upon seeing my x-rays, he noticed something odd. Apparently, during a root canal a while ago, a piece of an instrument broke off, and has been lodged within ever since. FML

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By Silent - 18/10/2018 17:30

Today, at the orthodontist, the nurse was checking my teeth. She asked me a question while her finger was in my mouth, and when I stupidly tried to reply, I bit her finger. FML

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Oops

By Toothy. - 25/07/2009 04:21 - Australia

Today, I went to the dentist to have two cavities filled. I hate going to the dentist. After he'd started drilling, I heard a "clunk" noise followed by an "Oops." My dentist had cut my tooth in half. Now I have to get surgery to have the tooth extracted. FML

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By TT - 19/04/2009 20:48 - United States

Today, I went to get some teeth pulled. I had Novocaine in my gums and lip so I couldn't feel a thing. When the doctor is pulling out the last tooth, he sneezes and pulls the tooth out. He looks in my mouth and I hear, "Oh, shit..." I now have stitches in my mouth. FML

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By ledentist - 12/09/2012 02:24 - United States - Center Barnstead

Today, my dentist dropped my bite plate for x-rays on the ground, picked it up, looked at it intently, took a couple of hairs off, and shoved it back into my mouth. FML

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Stiff upper lip

By Diana - 26/01/2024 00:00 - Germany

Today, I went to the dentist for a routine check-up, and halfway through the appointment, the dentist exclaimed, "Oops!" Turns out, he accidentally glued my lips together while fixing a tiny chip in my front tooth. I spent the next two hours communicating through exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/10/2010 20:34 - United States

Today, I went to the dentist. I had to get a tooth removed. In the middle of the procedure, the power went out. I had to sit there for an hour to wait for it to come back on. The anesthetic wore off before he started working on me again. FML

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Thursday 23 July 2009 9:08

sue her. lol

qtdi 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 9:07

Omg, ouch. Seriously though, you'd think a dentist would know about that.

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Shit_talkin_chik 5

Friday 1 February 2013 12:04

I sincerely hope that got her fired and you some free dental work and/or a settlement. I know, first hand, dental surgery sucks!

kalynnepointer 7

Thursday 14 February 2013 9:42

I would have stabbed her then with the "weird wire thingy."

russianboss123 17

Thursday 4 July 2013 9:00

Time to ask for a new assistant.

allisadawn91 8

Thursday 29 August 2013 8:25

What a dumbass assistant. If you don't know what it is...why would you pull on it????

grumpy94533 11

Wednesday 13 November 2013 11:23

O M G.....OUCH!!! :(

jeremy_654321 7

Saturday 4 January 2014 6:04

that sucks

doglover100 28

Monday 17 February 2014 5:19

The dumbass needs to be fired.

cwl727 32

Monday 24 March 2014 20:13

I hope she gets in trouble.

cadillacgal79 32

Monday 14 April 2014 1:48

FYL OP I also have the permanent retainer and than the plastic one I where at night. I've had the same dentist for a long time now and never had such an airhead of an hygienist. If she did manage to yank it off hopefully it's free to replace, because when mine snapped off it was free. I don't know if it depends on the orthodontist but hopefully it is free to replace.