just wonderin....

tbh i don't know. the only real reason I'm scared of dentists is the fact that I don't like anything I can't control in my mouth. Some people have had bad experiences. I have to say I don't particularly like doctors either but I wouldn't avoid them.





Where would I be without him.

Most people are not really scared of The Dentist himself, but those little instruments he uses, like the needle, the drill...not very pleasant having those things in your mouth...

Watch Marathon Man and you will understand.

I never really got the whole fear of dentists and, not doctors either. Myself I'm not afriad of either of them. Even after recently watching this film I'm not afriad. Hell, I mostly watched this film to give me insight as to why people are afraid of the dentist.
I've come to the following hypothesis thanks to this film. When you get a scary procedure from the doctor you're asleep. When you get a scary procedure from the dentist you're awake. While logistically you should be more afraid of the asleep procedure you never experience the tools being at work inside you. Therefore, you only experience the after effects of the helpful work. With dentists you experience the pain of the tools, you hear the sounds, you feel the lack of control over your own mouth. To experience a procedure and, to sleep through a procedure is different. . . That's my theory anyway considering I'm not afraid of the dentist I don't hold it in much regard...

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Because for one bad doctor there are so many good ones. AND For one good dentist there so many bad ones.

We all have bad memories involving a dentist, with so much pain. But only a few of us can say the same about doctors.