I've a few dental horror stories from over the years, but my most recent one was when I escorted my ex for treatment a few months back
**. She was having a tooth out and wanted some moral support. I hate going to the dentist and haven't been for years, but I said I'd go with her. So off we went...
We sat in reception for a while and eventually she got called in by the petite female dentist who was going to extract her tooth (the description of the dentist
is relevant!).
I waited patiently. And waited, and waited... What on earth was taking so long? After nearly 30 minutes my ex appeared, looking extremely green and wobbly. She is tall, and the dentist was struggling to hold her up as they staggered back to reception. Ex paid her bill and I took her by the arm and led her out into the fresh air where her legs buckled and I had to help her over to a nearby bench seat. She couldn't speak for some time, but finally I was able to find out what had happened...
It turns out that the dentist wasn't physically strong enough to pull the tooth out! She'd battled with it for over 15 minutes and couldn't budge the thing. She was breaking bits off it and traumatising my ex, but the damn thing wasn't shifting. Eventually she said that she was going to have to give up, but ex pleaded with her to try again. She'd had toothache before going in, so what would she be like after having a lengthy partial extraction and tooth-splintering session
?
The dentist rested a while, and then ensued another 10 minutes of brutal tugging; finally the tooth came out. Or rather,
most of it did (fragments of either tooth (or jawbone?) kept emerging from the wound over the course of the following week).
On the way home, I was shown the tooth and I almost fainted when I saw it! It was
huge, like something from a big dog rather than a woman... Grisly, 'orrible thing it was.
I broke a tooth a few weeks back, but I haven't been able to face going to have it seen to after that little show
.
** Bit bloody ironic, considering she finished with me years ago after a blazing row we had when I was grumpy with a raging toothache!