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Nick R.
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back alley said:proctology anyone?
Just make sure the doctor doesn't have both hands on your shoulders while he doing an exam
Why does everyone hate dentists?
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Just make sure the doctor doesn't have both hands on your shoulders while he doing an exam
dmr
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back alley said:
Glad you like that -- I know it's an exaggeration, but in reality, I've found that I'm far more sensitive to some kinds of pain than others are. Things like needle sticks, bee stings, paper cuts, things like that I find extremely uncomfortable.
The dentist I go to now is very good. He's up for retirement soon, so I am gonna have to seek another. Dentists around here advertise "we cater to cowards" and offer all kinds of pain control. They know that many people are total chickens when it comes to dentists and they do try to be sure of a comfortable session.
My worst experience was not with a dentist, but with an ER doc.
I won't go into gross detail, but it involves an accident with a sewing machine when I was in my early teens -- use your imagination -- and the "cure" was far more painful than the actual accident. I know I shocked my parents and the ER staff with my vocabulary at the time -- I used words that I didn't even know I knew! But seriously, one factoid that is not well known is that a lot of research into anesthesia, both local and general, back in the 1800s, was not done by medical doctors, but by dentists. They knew that they had the ability to save many teeth back then, but the treatment was excrutiating, and yes, they lost business because of the pain, and the fear of it.
samdj1210
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I'm going to the dentist tomorrow and i'm sh*ting myself.
He is going fix my chipped tooth and charge me loads and loads money.... This means I can't get my 50mm Summicron this month. Another month with my M6 sitting on my desk DOH!!!
He is going fix my chipped tooth and charge me loads and loads money.... This means I can't get my 50mm Summicron this month. Another month with my M6 sitting on my desk DOH!!!
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Nick R.
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I feel for you. I just got hit with a $2000 dollar estimate yesterday from my dentist. There goes the new 28mm asph I wanted.
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KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Nick, you started this whole thing, right? I think the point you were making had to do with why dentists, of all presumably highly compensated people who are likely to have the coin to buy an MP, are singled out for scorn. I don't know why this is, though the posters have probably hit it on the head that we transfer our general dread of dentist office visits to a hatred of the dentists themselves. I will say that in my case, in a typical 45 minute visit, I see the actual dentist only for maybe 5 minutes. All the picking and scraping is handled by the dental hygienist. It's her I don't like! But of course she's not making Leica money.
If you want to heap scorn on an occupation that makes way too much money and seems to go out of its way to conspicuously consume, I'd look in the direction of investment bankers. At least dentists and hygienists are doing something good for you -- I'm not sure of the beneficial effect of the investment bankers. (Sorry if I've offended anyone out there.)
If you want to heap scorn on an occupation that makes way too much money and seems to go out of its way to conspicuously consume, I'd look in the direction of investment bankers. At least dentists and hygienists are doing something good for you -- I'm not sure of the beneficial effect of the investment bankers. (Sorry if I've offended anyone out there.)
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Nick R.
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You're right, Nick M. Funny thing is that back in the 80's when I was heavily into Nikon gear people were heaping abuse on dentists and their ability to buy, but not use properly, the latest and greatest slr lenses. I guess they've always been a favorite whipping boy.
BTW, I've been getting my teeth cleaned 3 times a year since '04, when I started seeing my present dentist. I haven't had a cold since and my gums are beautiful. The reason for the large bill mentioned above is that now that my gums are in great shape I can finally get my teeth fixed properely.
(Why I don't smile in my avatar. I'm not angry)
BTW, I've been getting my teeth cleaned 3 times a year since '04, when I started seeing my present dentist. I haven't had a cold since and my gums are beautiful. The reason for the large bill mentioned above is that now that my gums are in great shape I can finally get my teeth fixed properely.
(Why I don't smile in my avatar. I'm not angry)
John Camp
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I don't hate all dentists. In fact, I married one. I said, "I'm pretty interested in photography, how about you?" She said, "No Leica." I said, "I thought all dentists had one." She said, "One what?"
We have interesting conversations.
JC
We have interesting conversations.
JC
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
A few ago weeks I was hospitalised.
Their policy was to insert a canula (bloody big needle) fresh each day for an IV.
It hurts some.
One day a new nurse came to do the nasty and i told her to be real careful etc.
I should have noticed that two senior nurses were there also. She, the new nurse, was shaking, and when she finished, after a few errors she told me that was her first time.
The IV was only sodium solution and 'just in case' so no medicinal benefit whatsoever.
Their policy was to insert a canula (bloody big needle) fresh each day for an IV.
It hurts some.
One day a new nurse came to do the nasty and i told her to be real careful etc.
I should have noticed that two senior nurses were there also. She, the new nurse, was shaking, and when she finished, after a few errors she told me that was her first time.
The IV was only sodium solution and 'just in case' so no medicinal benefit whatsoever.
sf
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I don't hate dentists. Dentists hate me.
I need a mouthguard at night - grinding my teeth away. THey have tried several times to produce a good one, and their molding process is just not getting things right. So far, it has cost them a considerable amount more than they have charged. And, I like to taunt them with my healthy gums and plaqueless teeth. I never floss. This always gets them irritated. And I have these horrible roots in front, but they never find anything wrong with them.
I am an irritation to dentists.
I need a mouthguard at night - grinding my teeth away. THey have tried several times to produce a good one, and their molding process is just not getting things right. So far, it has cost them a considerable amount more than they have charged. And, I like to taunt them with my healthy gums and plaqueless teeth. I never floss. This always gets them irritated. And I have these horrible roots in front, but they never find anything wrong with them.
I am an irritation to dentists.
mfunnell
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Dentists, dentists...
On my recent trip to the dentist, my hygenist Katerina (who has a certificate from the NKVD school of dental interrogation - man that girl is rough) noticed an issue with a couple of teeth. $4,000 worth of unbudgeted crowns later, my photography budget is looking pretty sick.
And yet I don't hate dentists.
Consider my mother's dentist, Andrew. He noticed something that didn't look right at the base of her tounge. He made sure she had it checked out, and made her do so urgently. Two years of extremely nasty cancer surgery and treatment later I still have a mother. She is enjoying life, feeling exceptionally well, now, and is most likely to be with us for a good many years yet. Without Andrew that just would not be so. That is something beyond all considerations of photographic inconvenience, momentary dental discomfort and so on. I don't care whether he can take a decent photo. As it happens, I don't think he's much into photography.
Andrew is an all-round good guy, a family friend, a great father to his kids and husband to his wife. He saved my mothers life. Andrew is a dentist.
What do you think I might think about dentists?
...Mike
On my recent trip to the dentist, my hygenist Katerina (who has a certificate from the NKVD school of dental interrogation - man that girl is rough) noticed an issue with a couple of teeth. $4,000 worth of unbudgeted crowns later, my photography budget is looking pretty sick.
And yet I don't hate dentists.
Consider my mother's dentist, Andrew. He noticed something that didn't look right at the base of her tounge. He made sure she had it checked out, and made her do so urgently. Two years of extremely nasty cancer surgery and treatment later I still have a mother. She is enjoying life, feeling exceptionally well, now, and is most likely to be with us for a good many years yet. Without Andrew that just would not be so. That is something beyond all considerations of photographic inconvenience, momentary dental discomfort and so on. I don't care whether he can take a decent photo. As it happens, I don't think he's much into photography.
Andrew is an all-round good guy, a family friend, a great father to his kids and husband to his wife. He saved my mothers life. Andrew is a dentist.
What do you think I might think about dentists?
...Mike
trittium
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I love the dentist. Clean teeth are happy teeth.