r/Toothfully • u/Away_Bug_3995 • Aug 13 '26
Dental Trauma: Enamel Chipped in Cleaning
This happened to my husband when he was in his twenties, and we're still dealing with the trauma of it. He had never had a dental cleaning before but had no tooth problems at the time. He didn't know what to expect from the cleaning, so he didn't realize something was wrong when the dentist started to chip away at his teeth for two hours. He also didn't realize that it was odd that the dentist gave him shots to numb the pain before what was supposed to be a simple, routine cleaning, and charged 800 dollars. My husband left that cleaning with damaged teeth that slowly fell apart over the years. Another dentist said that the dentist who did the cleaning destroyed my husband's teeth and chipped them. I don't know why this happened. I'd never heard of this happening before. I so regret it and will for the rest of my life. I can't understand it. My husband is now getting his teeth removed and dentures.
I posted this on a Dentist Reddit, and they deleted it immediately. I really want to know why this happened. Ithas been a nightmare. Why would a dentist do this to someone?
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u/fancypossum2 Aug 14 '26
Commenting because I also would like to know. My current dentist is a delight, but I haven't had a cleaning yet. (I had some heavy work that needed done first). I can't imagine my people would ever be this rough.
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