So I was reminded tonight of the worst dentist I ever had.

2 years ago, I went in to get my teeth checked after a cavity fill 6 months before. I went to a dentist out of town. The guy who was checking my teeth, had done all of my fillings. During the check, he was making horrible disgusted faces. After the check he said, “so you’re fillings have fallen out” “you have a stain on your tooth that needs a root canal” I don’t do root canal on people like you” and “you’re teeth are horrible”. He walked to the front to go get my mom and I bursted into tears. I already knew my teeth were in bad condition, as I was so self conscious about them. I had needs work done my whole life. My mom walked in and saw me crying and he updated her on what he told me, except he rephrased what he told me. “So you’re daughter has a blood stain on her tooth. She’s going to need a root canal, but we don’t offer them here for her. I can refer you to someone who can do them.” As soon as we left through the front door, my mom confronted me. I broke down and told her the words he had said to me, and her face flushed completely mad with anger. I ended up going to the dentist in my town to get my root canal done. Before the procedure my mom started doing her research on the male dentist, and had found out he was known for messing up kid’s teeth. Hurting them, failing to fill the cavity correctly, and couldn’t administer the shot correctly, making kids cry. When I went to get my procedure done, the dentist in town had informed me that it wasn’t a blood stain on my tooth, but decay. He had done something to that tooth to damage it during one of my cavity fillings. That tooth was NEVER supposed to be touched during any of the operations. So all my fillings fell out, I had to have a root canal, and I have a gap in my front teeth. Kicker is, I didn’t fell any pain. We almost pressed charges against the dentist until they offered to pay for my root canal.

I don’t think they ever fired him. It’s been 2 years since I’ve seen a dentist. I know I need work done, but I can’t bring myself to go in. I’m humiliated, embarrassed, and terrified of the condition of my teeth. If one person had all that to say, imagine what the rest of them think 😪 I’ll probably end up going next year when I’m moved in with my boyfriend this year. I just need to talk myself into it...