Dentistry: disgusting at times?

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hye345

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Are any of you guys at least slightly disgusted by dealing with the inside of a stanger's mouth? If so, how do you deal with it? I'm not trying to bash dentistry or anything like that; I am merely curious.
 
I feel like there are much worse places to be inside of a stranger. I followed a urologist around for one day and knew that would never appeal to me.
 
Ex_EE said:
I feel like there are much worse places to be inside of a stranger. I followed a urologist around for one day and knew that would never appeal to me.
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Same with OB/GYN. Those things are like cars......they only bring them in when they're broken or putting out a bad smell.
 
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What I don't get is that thing looks like it has has multiple surgeries on the nose ala Michael Jackson, but doesn't seem to care about the teeth. Frightening.
 
less disgusting than a gasterointerologist, obgyn, urologist's work and the docs who do the hernia tests 👍
 
hye345 said:
Are any of you guys at least slightly disgusted by dealing with the inside of a stanger's mouth? If so, how do you deal with it? I'm not trying to bash dentistry or anything like that; I am merely curious.
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Ever watch dirty jobs?
 
My wife told her poon doc that I was training to be a dentist and the doc responded by saying she wouldn't be able to stare down people's mouth's all day:laugh:
 
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most disgusting thing i've seen was scraping stalagtite-like calculus off a patient first thing in the morning. i got a little queasy.
 
I get asked this question all the time and I dont get it. What is so gross about a person's mouth? The worst ones I've seen all have calculus bridges that I could smell from across the clinic, but they're the easiest. I just hold my nose, take a gander, and send them off to the hygienist (now they have a nasty job!)
 
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