My dentist is odd

We had a great dentist but she sold the practice and moved on. We now have a new dentist which is kind of a hybrid between NHS and Private. I ask whoever is treating me to let me know what they are doing and where they are up to with it.

B9exchange

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? 😄

I agree with that, no or very few NHS dentists here in Wales

Tell him, you're happy with silence. Ask him to explain what he is going to do slowly because ' your hearing isn't what it used to be' and then tell him you'll put your hand up if you want him to stop. I did that once with a very young dentist. Let's face it, they are all seem young these days!

I had a fitness trainer once who used to praise me by saying 'good girl'. I asked her to stop since this is how I praise my dog. She stopped.

My very gorgeous (but sadly young enough to be my grandson) dentist is happy to chat before and after treatment, but once my mouth is open he only speaks if he needs me to do something.

My father in law was a dentist and told terrible jokes when he had people in the chair. He also practiced hypnotherapy which he used with patients with special needs.

Back in my teens a wrote a short story which featured a dentist who never stopped talking (like mine). I conveyed this by giving him a whole paragraph of speech with virtually no punctuation.

He sounds very odd Baggs, definitely sounds as if he’s on the spectrum, whatever that may be, but dentists come in all shapes & sizes! I’ve got through quite a few in my lifetime. The latest is more than charming but I’ve only ever seen his bright blue eyes. He’s Eastern European, trained in Canada so the accent is difficult for starters compounded by the all encompassing mask. He talks, I nod. Anyway, he does the business very satisfactorily and I pay him a fortune for the ‘pleasure’ 😱

silverlining48

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

I thought exactly that, my podiatrist has autism & although doesn’t speak fast, he always looks to the side.

I have an NHS dentist from where we used to live before moving 5 years ago. We both travel 100 miles as no NHS dentists here atm. My dentist at this practice deregistered me for not making another appointment soon enough when they cancelled one. But the practice manager put me on another NHS dentists list tg.
We combine appointments with visiting family.
Worst dentist ever had a new dental nurse with him. He was drilling and flirting with her at the same time, calling her darling sweetheart beautiful saying he loved her in English and other languages smoothing her hair, etc. She was very embarrassed lost concentration and my mouth nose and throat filled with water. I was choking for several minutes. Didn't ever go back there.

You are lucky. Ours are all private round here- several hundred dollars each time . You get about a third back on insurance. Mind you, they are very good - wouldn’t survive if not !

nanna8

You are lucky. Ours are all private round here- several hundred dollars each time . You get about a third back on insurance. Mind you, they are very good - wouldn’t survive if not !

They're all private here too!
Just 10% off with the dental plan.
Even children don't get free NHS treatment any more.
Over two thousand £s for a child to have an impacted tooth extracted.

I had a new to me dentist last week who was the total opposite.

He was so quietly spoken when he was talking about my x-rays that I thought he was speaking to the dental nurse.
I twigged when I heard him repeatedly ask if I could see it.
No! I was flat on my back with his screen behind my head.

My dentist used to keep calling me babs I felt like telling her that wasn’t my name until I was told that’s what people in Birmingham called people and she was indeed a brumie she was really nice