Comments on: Beware The Talking Dentist http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259637 David Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:51:45 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259637 My Hungarian dentist used to say "Open vide your mouse" I stopped going to him after the gas incident, it freaked my mother out (didn't do a hell of a lot for me either) and my dad was all set to go down there and kick his butt. My mother talked him out of it though. As far as I remember Mic my bum was unsullied. My next dentist was an English sadist who did things like filling front teeth with dark silver filling. When I moved to the USA my new dentist looked around in my mouth and said, "So this is English dentistry eh? Are these guys kidding?" I assured him they weren't and he proceeded to fix the carnage, I actually have a passable smile now. My Hungarian dentist used to say “Open vide your mouse”
I stopped going to him after the gas incident, it freaked my mother out (didn’t do a hell of a lot for me either) and my dad was all set to go down there and kick his butt. My mother talked him out of it though.
As far as I remember Mic my bum was unsullied.
My next dentist was an English sadist who did things like filling front teeth with dark silver filling. When I moved to the USA my new dentist looked around in my mouth and said, “So this is English dentistry eh? Are these guys kidding?”
I assured him they weren’t and he proceeded to fix the carnage, I actually have a passable smile now.

]]> By: Bemused Brit http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259464 Bemused Brit Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:38:31 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259464 My old dentist was Swedish and did not have a very good command of English. She used to delve deep with a prong onto every molar and when I yelped she would smile a beaming smile and say "Eeet hurt, ya?" My replacement dentist would pack my cheeks so I resembled a hamster and half way through drilling would ask me if I was doing anything nice for the weekend. Strangely, he could always understand my replies of "gnungggg, gurg, gug-gug" because he was apt to reply "oh you'll like it. I went there last month" My old dentist was Swedish and did not have a very good command of English. She used to delve deep with a prong onto every molar and when I yelped she would smile a beaming smile and say “Eeet hurt, ya?”

My replacement dentist would pack my cheeks so I resembled a hamster and half way through drilling would ask me if I was doing anything nice for the weekend. Strangely, he could always understand my replies of “gnungggg, gurg, gug-gug” because he was apt to reply “oh you’ll like it. I went there last month”

]]> By: MrsT http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259461 MrsT Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:33:44 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259461 Mic, you wuss ... a little prick never hurt anyone. Mic, you wuss … a little prick never hurt anyone.

]]> By: Mic http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259456 Mic Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:28:11 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259456 I don't recall the balloon trick. but I do remember the taste of a rubber grip that they had you bite on, and the smell of the mask and the sickly-sweet gas. Suddenly novocaine injections don't seem so bad. It's the accompanying extractions from the wallet that give me most discomfort these days. I don’t recall the balloon trick. but I do remember the taste of a rubber grip that they had you bite on, and the smell of the mask and the sickly-sweet gas.

Suddenly novocaine injections don’t seem so bad. It’s the accompanying extractions from the wallet that give me most discomfort these days.

]]> By: Mic http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259453 Mic Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:24:37 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259453 David, You didn't have a sore bum did you, when you woke up, unable to walk? David,

You didn’t have a sore bum did you, when you woke up, unable to walk?

]]> By: David http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259451 David Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:16:05 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259451 I'll never forget that gas they used in the 50s. My smiling Hungarian dentist gave it to me when I was 5 or 6. He wasn't smiling when I woke up shaking, groaning and unable to walk. An ambulance had to be called and I ended up in the hospital but luckily recovered. Last time I had that! I’ll never forget that gas they used in the 50s. My smiling Hungarian dentist gave it to me when I was 5 or 6. He wasn’t smiling when I woke up shaking, groaning and unable to walk. An ambulance had to be called and I ended up in the hospital but luckily recovered.
Last time I had that!

]]> By: BabyJane http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259145 BabyJane Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:39:14 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-259145 Hi John, No laughing matter, indeed! By the way, reading your experience with the rubber mask narcosis I instantly had the sharp, awful smell in my nose. Almost 40 years ago - appendix. Maybe aether or chloroform? Somebody in the surgery put the mask on my nose and the mouthpiece of a a red balloon into my mouth. Then the person said: "Blow up the ballon." And I did, because as a small child I thought it might somehow be important for the "success" of the surgery. But, of course, It just was a mean trick to make children inhale through the nose. Hi John,

No laughing matter, indeed!

By the way, reading your experience with the rubber mask narcosis I instantly had the sharp, awful smell in my nose. Almost 40 years ago - appendix. Maybe aether or chloroform?

Somebody in the surgery put the mask on my nose and the mouthpiece of a a red balloon into my mouth. Then the person said: “Blow up the ballon.” And I did, because as a small child I thought it might somehow be important for the “success” of the surgery.

But, of course, It just was a mean trick to make children inhale through the nose.

]]> By: John Blake http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258999 John Blake Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:55:32 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258999 Hi BabyJane, You are probably right about it being nitrous oxide(N2O) it is however described as having a pleasant sweet odour and taste.The gas I remember wasn`t my idea of being pleasant but bloody awful....even the rubber mask they put over your face smelt of it. What is also interesting about nitrous oxide is that it is a MAJOR green house gas and apparently,over a period of 100 years it is 310 times stronger(per unit) in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide(CO2) A laughing gas that is NO laughing matter! Best, JOHN Hi BabyJane,
You are probably right about it being nitrous oxide(N2O) it is however described as having a pleasant sweet odour and taste.The gas I remember wasn`t my idea of being pleasant but bloody awful….even the rubber mask they put over your face smelt of it.

What is also interesting about nitrous oxide is that it is a MAJOR green house gas and apparently,over a period of 100 years it is 310 times stronger(per unit) in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide(CO2) A laughing gas that is NO laughing matter!

Best,

JOHN

]]> By: BabyJane http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258974 BabyJane Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258974 Was that a real narcosis or laughing gas (nitrous oxide/N2O), John Blake? I've heard it is still used in the US. Was that a real narcosis or laughing gas (nitrous oxide/N2O), John Blake? I’ve heard it is still used in the US.

]]> By: John Blake http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258859 John Blake Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:17:27 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258859 I remember that awful gas they used in the 50's when taking out teeth.A mask was put over your face and quickly it knocked you out. When it was all over they slapped you in the face to bring you around again. Very impressed with dentists here, and, so many people take care of their teeth with regular appointments.Brazilians so often have beautiful teeth. I remember that awful gas they used in the 50’s when taking out teeth.A mask was put over your face and quickly it knocked you out. When it was all over they slapped you in the face to bring you around again.

Very impressed with dentists here, and, so many people take care of their teeth with regular appointments.Brazilians so often have beautiful teeth.

]]> By: David http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258675 David Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:05:20 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258675 My dentist and I usually talk about motorcycles, he thinks he's a biker. Well actually he talks, I gurgle. My dentist and I usually talk about motorcycles, he thinks he’s a biker.
Well actually he talks, I gurgle.

]]> By: Carmen http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258662 Carmen Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:50:29 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/182102.html#comment-258662 'Let go of me ************** or I'll take the next one out without an anesthetic' is another useful phrase for the aspiring dentist. ‘Let go of me ************** or I’ll take the next one out without an anesthetic’ is another useful phrase for the aspiring dentist.

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