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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koomoofoo 0

Friday 24 July 2009 0:40

shouldn't she have checked with the dentist/your records BEFORE trying to yank anything out of your mouth? something tells me she won't be in that line of work for very long... FYL

aaaaa12345_fml 0

Friday 24 July 2009 1:11

did she have down syndrome?

Bud_fml 16

Friday 24 July 2009 2:09

Two words: Sue her.

blarney 0

Friday 24 July 2009 2:15

ouch!

perot4prez 0

Friday 24 July 2009 2:16

bullshit. no ones that stupid

Lythiaren 8

Friday 24 July 2009 4:00

You have vastly overestimated the intelligence of the human race. I guarantee you someone out there is even more stupid than this dental assistant.

Hawkd 0

Friday 24 July 2009 4:15

I hope you punched her really hard. That's why I would never live in Texas; bet she thought she knew a whole lot about the world too because she could see Mexico from her house.

DXBigE 0

Sunday 26 July 2009 14:28

I've lived many place in the U.S and you couldn't get me to leave Texas.

meddude 0

Friday 24 July 2009 4:30

what's that i smell? oh yeah, legal action.

milenavessylo 0

Friday 24 July 2009 4:35

2 words: medical malpractice

BradMan3P 0

Friday 24 July 2009 5:13

sue sue sue then maybe u can afford to get the permanent retainer redone

dinosaysrawr 0

Friday 24 July 2009 6:19

My dentist has a nasty habit of sitting on the side of me that requires him to reach across me when he needs a brush or tool or whatever. He also wears short sleeved shirts. So what happens is I get a face full of sweaty dentist arm pit every time he has to get something. Needless to say, I don't enjoy the dentist a whole lot.