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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niemann2006 0

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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Luckster 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 9:55

Yet ANOTHER reason I dread the dentist.

Lythiaren 8

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:01

Owwww. Please tell me she got her ass fired on the ******* spot. If you're not a dentist you have no business yanking on things in other peoples mouths.

telercoi 2

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:03

I once had an orthodontist attempt to saw through two wires of my retainer and ended up with a huge bloody cut on the roof of my mouth, which got badly infected to the point where my whole retainer had to be removed :/ The best part was when I got a lecture for crying in the waiting room and being overdramatic, before anyone believed that the cut was there. Orthodontics never do seem to cause anything but grief, do they?

unibrowicorn 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 14:48

...I'm going to the orthodontist today. thanks.

musiclife_fml 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 17:30

it is true though. although mine was a greedy lil son-of-a too

nicolexsmile 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 20:01

): agreed, i hate orthodontists more than dentists. my orthodontist yesterday yelled at me, telling me my mouth was a 'disaster' because "i wasn't wearing my rubber bands", even though me and my mom told them i was the asshole blamed me for HIM ******* up my mouth >:(

ru4real_ 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:08

how stupid can you be? makes you warm and fuzzy once we have universal healthcare and everyone can be treated by these morons

happyvalleygirl 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 22:33

Once you have universal health care, you'll be waiting for four months for an MRI if you **** up your knee, like in Canada. Oh yeah, and you'll have the same kind of teeth the British do. IDIOT. And Obama said the other day that doctors take out kids' tonsils instead of treating them for allergies, just so they can make more money. Look it up. In reality, you need to have something like six cases of strep throat in a year before anyone will take out your tonsils. Why doesn't anyone do research anymore? You just listen to what the government says—republicans and democrats—and take it as the truth. All politicians are using your ignorance against you to get what they want. Grow up. For your own good. And mine.

happyvalleygirl 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 22:37

Oh hey 26, I'm sorry. I misread your comment.

beartalon 0

Thursday 30 July 2009 16:44

#101 HappyValleyGirl, just so you know, universal health care in Canada does NOT include dentistry. If you have a dental plan, you're one up over many other people. Dentistry is far cheaper here than in the US, even without a plan. But I'm with you on the MRI.

xNephilim 18

Monday 12 March 2012 23:05

Apparently Canada is doing something wrong, because universal healthcare works just fine in Germany.

Wolf_fml 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:10

damnit! I'm seeing the dentist tomorrow, to add to the bad dentist Stories, My dentist gave me four needle fulls of that numbing stuff then I hear : "uh oh! er... Let me get the boss, You'll be fine!"

Luckster 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:14

"Uh oh" The two words you NEVER wanna hear during a dental visit.

Lounia_fml 8

Thursday 23 July 2009 19:58

Or when you're babysitting apparently.. :P

Fire_lights 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:25

What? Did she not, I don't know, even GLANCE over your dental history? And what on earth made her think to just yank out a metal wire thing that was in your mouth? It's not like you keep that kind of thing there because you like how it feels; it was obviously there for a REASON. Sue, OP, sue like never before.

rhcpbeezy 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:28

what kind of dental trained person cannot identify a permanent retainer? I have one too and it's pretty obvious what it is.

Tubasaurus 0

Thursday 23 July 2009 10:58

It's so annoying when the assistants don't bother to take 2 seconds to look at a dental record. When I got my wisdom teeth out I needed to return a week later to have the stitches checked. I sat down and the assistant had no idea why I was there. I know it was minor and didn't affect anything but it was still stupid that I had to be the one to tell her why I was there.