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YorkieRose · 02-18-2006, 09:20 AM

Sweetie...I do not know what the dentists are like now in the UK..BUT in the 50's/60's it was a torture chamber. They used no novacaine. I had my teeth filled with nothing but a pat on the shoulder. I know it must be so different now...at least I sure hope so.

Here in the US, I pick a Dentist who caters to cowards. They are listed just that way in the phone book..if my dental insurance doesn't accept them..then I pay it myself. All they pay for is cleaning anyway...I am new here in Florida and go in March for a cleaning to a new dentist..he is listed as Dr. NO-Pain..and will give you a sedative for cleaning..heck, he will give you a pill to sit in the office and wait..that is the worst for me..LOL
I hate the smell of the place!!!

I have had root canal with not an ounce of discomfort, even had two teeth pulled wide awake..but for some reason cleaning and scraping does me in..LOL
I need to be medicated.
And by the way..when we lived in the UK my brother fell and cut his forehead. The doctor came and stitched it up in the kitchen with no novacaine..heck, my father said next time he would do it..I always worried about getting cut and my father sewing me up using my mothers sewing thread and needle.

02-18-2006, 09:20 AM	#7
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	dentist Sweetie...I do not know what the dentists are like now in the UK..BUT in the 50's/60's it was a torture chamber. They used no novacaine. I had my teeth filled with nothing but a pat on the shoulder. I know it must be so different now...at least I sure hope so. Here in the US, I pick a Dentist who caters to cowards. They are listed just that way in the phone book..if my dental insurance doesn't accept them..then I pay it myself. All they pay for is cleaning anyway...I am new here in Florida and go in March for a cleaning to a new dentist..he is listed as Dr. NO-Pain..and will give you a sedative for cleaning..heck, he will give you a pill to sit in the office and wait..that is the worst for me..LOL I hate the smell of the place!!! I have had root canal with not an ounce of discomfort, even had two teeth pulled wide awake..but for some reason cleaning and scraping does me in..LOL I need to be medicated. And by the way..when we lived in the UK my brother fell and cut his forehead. The doctor came and stitched it up in the kitchen with no novacaine..heck, my father said next time he would do it..I always worried about getting cut and my father sewing me up using my mothers sewing thread and needle.