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Dentists (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by wanderbust to c/comicstrips

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"People who smoke cigarettes, they say:

"You don't know how hard it is to quit smoking."

Yes, I do. It's as hard as it is to start flossing." - Mitch Hedberg

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

When I was a kid, the shitty dentist we went to constantly shamed me about not doing a good job with my teeth and drilled and filled everything he could. We eventually went to a better dentist, but then I ultimately ended up with damage from orthodontics, followed by a couple decades of poverty and depression. I can't even describe the kind of anxiety I have over the thought of dental work. Yeah, my mouth is crap now, but I floss multiple times a day and brush regularly. It'll probably cost more than what I have in my retirement fund to fix my teeth.

BTW - when my kids were little I had a conversation with their dentist about the shape of teeth. Sounds like I was genetically fucked from the start with deeply grooved teeth that are extremely difficult to avoid cavities. So fuck my childhood dentist for seeding that shame and anxiety.