I went to the Doctor today, got a check up and physical. It's free, so I figured I might as well. I needed to go to the dentist, and I figured I might as well take a whole day off and do both.
The doctor's office wasn't so bad, though they had to attempt to take my blood twice, because I wasn't hydrated enough the first time (or the nurse just wasn't able to find my vein, I dunno). I also got my TB test and my Tetanus booster, as well as the standard tests - even a hearing test!
The dentist's office, however, the dentist's office.
This man was a cruel tyrant. He manhandled me, manhandled my mouth, plowed into it, stormed over it. My teeth still ache from his blitzkrieg. He used a type of instrument I haven't seen before to clean my teeth. It resembled a router or perhaps a dremel - not like the water and vibration-aided instruments of dentists I have visited in the past.
And when he lowered the chair almost to floor to begin, he commanded me "You will inform me if it is uncomfortable." However, when I almost immediately started to moan and writhe on the table, he DIDN'T STOP. He didn't stop.
crystal said at 4:22 PM 08-26-2003: josh, you need my lovely dentist...dr. hoang on 18th near dupont circle. when they were done with my root canal, the assistant and the dentist each gave me a hug. they seem like much nicer people. your guy must have been an army dentist....p.s. if dr. hoang is reading this...i get 1000$ on my next visit right? this dentistry shit is expensive.
p.p.s. hey everyone, it's my first post on killoggs. i need a head ben! ;)
anotherben.. said at 4:45 PM 08-26-2003: did he imply that he was going to stop when you informed him of your discomfort? maybe he just wanted to know you were suffering.
scott [email] said at 7:39 PM 08-26-2003: you better just be sure to pay the man, josh. we don't want this to happen to you:
WIESBADEN, Germany -- A German dentist plucked the dentures from the mouth of a former client while she ate at a restaurant after he got fed up with her ignoring repeated pleas to pay for her man-made munchers.
The dentist, named only as Konstantinos A by the German newspaper Bild, had sent pensioner Myrna B a bill for 492 marks ($273 US) in January, 1997.
When she continued to duck reminders, the dentist appeared unexpectedly at the Rheinbahnhof Restaurant here and reclaimed his property as the pensioner opened her mouth in surprise.
"He wasn't even wearing rubber gloves!" an outraged Myrna B told Bild.
She has taken an action against the dentist for bodily harm, the paper said -- but only after she turned up at the dentist's clinic, money in hand, to recover her false teeth.
courtney [email] said at 10:58 PM 08-26-2003: I just went to the dentist yesterday... it wasn't so bad, but my gums still hurt. Man, I need a SoniCare.
Michael said at 10:44 PM 08-27-2003: funny you say that, I'm actually doing some contract work at SoniCare in Washington state right now, its a pretty cool place. I'm hoping to score one but so far, no dice.
