Most of my fearful patients tell horror stories of when they were kids.
Some never had anesthetic. Some were slapped around for crying and
squirming. One patient told me that his dentist charged extra for
novacaine. When he was little and diagnosed with 6 cavities, his mom was so
mad, she made him get them done with no anesthetic. No wonder everybody is
afraid of the dentist!


"Don White" wrote in message
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We did. I swear they brought over all the 'research dentists' to work in
our
school system in the 50's.
We had big gruff ugly women with heavy accents who barely let the needle
brush your gums before applying the industral sized drill. Quite tramatic
and with no dental coverage, we had to go where the service was 'free'.

NOYB wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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Why is it now that when I think of dentists, my mind wanders to the
film
'Marathon Man' and the sadistic dentist who tortured Dustin Hoffman?

Perhaps because you had a sadistic dentist when you were a kid?