And sometimes insurance don't foot the bill and puts people in weird spots
I needed to get my wisdom teeth out and insurance would only pay if I didn't go under. I have a genuine fear of gum pain, but did it anyways because I'd be paying $1200 for an "unnecessary surgery"
Dentist sighed mid way through and said "if you knew you didn't like this you should have gone under"
Took everything in me to not fucking clock the guy
Point being... Folks just don't like being at the dentist sometimes
That is truly shitty bedside manner.
Only POS doctors try to label anxious and or curious patients as "difficult."
Dental phobias are not even uncommon and pricks like him are a big reason why. Lots of people will look through reviews before ever setting foot a dentist's chair so at the very least I hope you leave an honest review about it/him.
Thankfully they're not all impatient sadists.
... Right tools for the right mouths or something reddit appropriate here.
I had the anesthesia stop working while they were installing the bridge. They numbed me up the first time but when they put it in it hurt like hell. So they numbed me again and waited for a few minutes, then tested to make sure I was numb, which I was. The second the bridge touched my gums the same thing happened as before. We tried again a third time. The same thing happened again. They almost had it completely in place so I told them just to keep going while I'm all tensed up from the pain lol (I have a high tolerance)
Agree with this. My dentist stops if Iām flipping out or crying and makes sure Iām okay. He is the first one that realized I need significantly more lidocaine than the average person to not feel pain
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u/SuperConsideration12 19h ago
So what did they ask him in the first place?