Today, I went to my new dentist and before he started looking at my teeth, I told him my previous dentist had never found a single thing wrong with my teeth. After looking around, he chuckled humourlessly and called my last dentist idiotic. I now have a $580 bill and a root canal next week. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had an appointment with my dentist to check for cavities. He told me that most of my teeth have cavities, and that I may need a root canal. In fact, I ended up actually getting a painful root canal. FML
Today, I met my new dentist. His teeth are worse than mine. FML
Today, I was told I need two root canals. This is because my previous dentist did such a bad job on one of my teeth that the decay went through and transferred to its neighbor. FML
Today, I went to the dentist at 8:30 for a check up. I walked out at 2:00 with a root canal and several thousand dollars in debt. I guess I'm not having a wedding this year or quitting the job I hate. FML
Today, after 6 dentist visits, 2 root canals, and $1,500 that I'll likely have to sell vital organs to pay, the agonizing tooth pain I've had for months is unrelenting. Apparently, shrugging and offering to experimentally yank all my bottom teeth is my smurf-shit of a dentist's actual plan. FML
Today, it was the fourth time I've had major dental work done, because my dentist messed up my root canal. After almost a dozen needles, three missed work days, over $1,000, and 2 broken tools, I only have a tiny, barely-successful filling to show for it. FML
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
Today, I went to the dentist. Normally I walk out with no work to be done as he says my teeth are always great. I thought it was weird this time that he was scraping and pushing at my tooth when he usually doesn't. I'd walked in with a full set of teeth, walked out with a dentist-caused chipped tooth and a filling booked in. FML
Today, my dentist told me I have 8 cavities. I'd jokingly bragged about never having a single cavity for 25 years right before he started checking. He laughed and said, "Well, that lucky streak is over!" then went on to drill the shit out of my teeth. I still can't feel the left side of my face. FML
Today, I went to my new dentist to get my teeth cleaned. He kept getting distracted, causing him to repeatedly stab me in the gums. He then had the nerve to tell me that I need to brush more, due to how I was bleeding just from his "routine examination". FML
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MyLifesTotallyF 0
Sue your previous dentist! Do it, you'll get bucketloads of money :D And FYL for having bad teeth w/o knowing it.
Tui717 0
I know everyone is a little lawsuit happy these days, but if these problems should have been brought to your attention by your last dentist, you may have a malpractice case.
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Comments (72)
Miss_Me 0
#51: wow... I think I need a new dentist after reading that! :P I've been lucky enough to never have a cavity but not I'm worried (after both #51 and the OP) that I might be mistaken... Sorry to be off topic, but is it normal to need an anaesthetic for a routine clean? :s my mum says it hurts too much without one (she has to have 2 sessions, one for each side of her mouth)...
tiltwrestler 0
MAYBE THIS DENTIST JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME MONEY, EH?
BEB131 0
If you needed a root canal you would feel it. They just take the nerves out of your teeth, doesnt hurt all that much as it does before you get it
uminuscooll 0
you should send the bill to your old dentist.
lazylacey 0
I've had a root canal. and wow it hurts so bad. I cried like a baby the whole time which was 3 1/2 hrs...then again when I got it I was only 12... I'm 19 now. ughh :{ bad memories.
Germs 0
Get more input. My old crappy dentist said that I had 18 cavities and needed a ton of dental work, and my new one took the time to show me x-rays and point out that I only had one cavity, and that the fillings the other dentist had put in were crappy and needed to be filed down before they ****** up my teeth.
fmyduck 0
A good family friend of mine is a dentist, and he admits that it's common practice to lie and misdiagnose - remove cavities that aren't there, replace crowns, etc. So, always make sure you can trust your dentist.
aclockworkapple 0
Root canals really aren't what they're made out to be. I had one last year, and it wasn't painful at all. Just extremely boring. And very expensive. Sitting in a dentist's chair with your mouth stuck open for 3+ straight hours is not fun. But it's not painful. If it hurts, they're not doing their job.
hinavalkyrie 0
D: DUDE. That happened to me too. All three of my previous dentists never found cavaties. My most recent one found five. I either got five in six months or the others were idiots like your previous one.
CaptainSetoKaiba 0
Wow. That reminds me of how bad my pediatric dentist was. All he ever told me was to brush in circles and I ended up having receded gums once I got to a real dentist.