Most pain you experienced at the dentist?

Was the day before... Bit down on a sharp piece of ice on an exposed nerve. Worst pain I have ever felt. I nearly passed out. I was like a kid going to Disney World when I was on the way to the dentist the next day. I couldn't wait for that fricker to open

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When he stuck that freezing cold crown on that live nerve, I thought I was going to pass out.

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Something similar

My exposed nerve on my back molar had to be dry for the adhesive to work with the crown. The dentist had to shoot that air gun on the nerve for a few seconds before placing the molar on. He was lying when he told me it might hurt a bit.

Was having a few cavities filled and the anesthesia wore off about 3/4 of the way through. I said f- it...finish it....bad move.

Getting a cavity filled when you havent had enough numbing medication. Getting a nerve drilled on is not a joke.

Got cavities filled by two inexperienced girls who had no clue as to what they were doing. They had to drill for 30 mins and the local anesthetic wore off halfway through and they had to keep drilling more and more. They even accidentally drilled my gum somehow.

I actually shed tears during it and they basically told me to suck it up.

Needless to say I don't go there anymore.

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After about 10 minutes of trying to squeeze it on, the assistant laughs and says to the orthodontist, "Well, at least we know he has a high pain tolerance."

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frick that person

Was having a root canal done. Dentist numbed the tooth and started drilling. Turns out the anatomy of that particular tooth was all bassackwards so it wasn't numbed. Dentist tries to numb it twice more and still nothing. He looks at me and tells me, "I've already started and can't stop. I've got no choice. Hold on." He proceeds to cut the top of the tooth off and numb the nerve directly. I bent both armrests on his chair.

Also broke a tooth while working offshore once. Spent every moment of the last two days when not working on deck banging my head against a metal door to distract myself from the pain.

My childhood dentist was a sadist. He talked my parents into letting him take out my wisdom teeth. Numbed all four quadrants and proceeds to spend an hour cutting and pulling on the first tooth. Starts cutting on the second and I was no longer numb and I told him so. He accused me of lying to him and kept cutting so I grabbed him by his junk and lifted him out of his chair. Somewhere along the way his assistant noted the time. He thought it was funny.

When I was a kid and had to get some teeth pulled because they were growing in too crooked. The dentist didn't use enough novicaine and I felt everything. I haven't been to a dentist in years because of that.

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frick that person

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Yes, that about sums up what I was going through my mind at the time.