My dentist is odd

My thoughts too silverlining. Baggs if your dentist does a good job , just try and switch off - not easy I know but a good dentist is worth keeping!

dalrymple23

No, TerriB, not just you. Years ago, we had one who would put about 20 bits of kit in one's mouth, then ask, "How is mother?" "How is father?" "How are the children?" Of course, the only answers were "goo, ga, gew"!

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Baggs you say your dentist doesn’t make eye contact and it’s possible your dentist may have autism.

My practice has a new hygienist and he kept calling me 'my dear'.. I found it intensely annoying as he was about 35.. I'd find it so from anyone TBH.. I'm weighing up whether it is worth any unpleasantness to say something next time..

Have a really lovely dentist - private as no nhs here taking patients. Cant fault him.

We had a woman dentist who took over after our old dentist retired.
She used to ask questions when she had her hands in your mouth which made it impossible to answer, didn't explain procedures properly (I ended up having an extraction when a crown would have been the better option) and was generally just not very good. She moved away, thank goodness.

My present dentist is lovely, she is very professional but friendly too.

No, TerriB, not just you. Years ago, we had one who would put about 20 bits of kit in one's mouth, then ask, "How is mother?" "How is father?" "How are the children?" Of course, the only answers were "goo, ga, gew"!

Mine talks nonstop,too. I think he is a bit hyper but I really like him and he is a very,very good dentist. He will retire soon and he was asking what to do in retirement- a bit hard to answer when you are in the chair with your mouth wide open !

He might calm down once he gets to know his patients.

Oh, we don’t have hygienists here in France. It’s the dentist we pay for and it’s them who do the job.

I wish my dentist would give me a running commentary of what they are about to do and what they think of the state of my teeth.

It never ceases to amaze me how dentists and hygienists for that matter, seem to want to have some sort of two way conversation when, me the patient, is horizontal with mouth wide open, maybe just my experience.

If he is NHS and looks after your teeth well, you are truly blessed! Perhaps take earbuds and your phone, and say you need to listen to music to relax you? 😄