I think it's worse knowing what is actually going on.

Agreed. I fully enjoy my blissful ignorance.

In September my dentist drilled down a tooth that was cracked and put a temporary crown on (top right molar). I had a tooth extracted on 10/17 (bottom left molar). Had to go to the oral surgeon. It was broke right at the gum line, so he had to get the drill out in order to break it up to get it out. I'm going in for a root canal (top left molar) at a specialist on 11/15 (my birthday, yay) since he has to go through an existing crown. Second root canal (top right next to temporary crown) with my regular dentist schedule for 11/28. It is broke off, but he's trying to save the tooth. Depending on how that goes, the temporary crown will come off and I'll either have two crowns or a bridge put on.

I still have the stitches from the extraction. They're supposed to dissolve. They feel all loose, but I'm afraid to try to do anything to them.

If I have to hear one more person say "Oh I can't lay back at all for you to work on me" I'm gonna lose my shit.

"How do you sleep".

"Well....I lay flat....but I can't do it here".

Oh ok....get out.

What if they said yep I can lay back and then unzipped their pants.

LMAO

If it were me, I'd be like "Cool. But I'm legally obligated to inform you that I have to stand on my head to clean your teeth, I'm 86.7% more likely to jam this sharp ass thing into your gums. You know, rules and all. You ready?"

Get that a lot as well , I always find it funny when they ask if they have to take their shoes off when I ask them to take their pants off , one day I’ll stay in just to see how they take their pants off with their boots on.

At first, I read that as you are also a dentist. But then when you said you ask them to take their pants off........uh......say what?

ROFL

Don’t have a thread on ultrasound adventures, but I’m sure I could come up with a few , saw my first fractured penis last week lol.

if our gums bleed when we floss am i dying?

Bruxism sucks. I hate sleeping with a night guard. I’m probably going to just grind all my teeth away.

I know I'm going to regret asking buuuutt............how?

I've started just saying I won't do it.

I'm not wrenching my back standing on my head for an hour to do shitty work that you'll then bitch at me about when the crown doesn't seat or the filling is sensitive.

Try to get an anterior deprogrammer. Do you have any TMJ discomfort

It’s not as funny as ****ing with them but probably the right move.