They were called Inquisitors in the Spanish Inquisition, now they are called....

I am not scared, but I am definitely against going to the OB/GYN. I do go, but I hate them sticking all those weird instruments where they don't belong! And its even worse when you're pregnant. I have this bacterial thingy going on that I had since birth the doctors tell me, and this can mess up the urine tests that they do. So what do they do? Use a catheter!!! They have me begging to go to the bathroom the old fashioned way, just so I don't have to feel that thingy being forced where it should be exit only. I'm in there talking to the nurse like "Please let me go pee! I have to pee right now!!! It will only take me a second you don't have to go get it! Give me one of those wet naps to wipe it, I will clean it I swear! Just let me pee!!!"

Not my favorite way to spend my time but without them our smile wouldn't be so pretty. And I do hope that some bright star invents a better way of making sure we have a mouth full of healthy teeth.

I don't much care for dentists either, and I think you make a really good point. I have fantastic teeth that I take care of, so I really don't think I've had a need to see a dentist in a long time. I am growing my wisdom teeth though, but they aren't bugging me enough to need to do anything about them.

Though I like to take care of my teeth properly, I have always hated going to the dentist. To me the rooms have always looked like a torture chamber with all that medical equipment hanging about, and I really despise that darn drill. So anymore if I am going in to have work done on my teeth, I have the dentist put me under, otherwise nothing would get done if I was still awake. When I was a kid it took 4 nurses, another dentist, and my mom to hold me down when they would turn on the drill, and I'm pretty much the same way today while awake and that thing is turned on. Don't know why it scares me so much, it just does.

LOL I never thought about them like that, but you do have a point hehehehe ALthough personally I am not completely fond of dentists I never feared them. Back home I was actually not worried at all. It's funny because back home they did most everything without anesthetic - except for major work or extractions. They even did root canal without the darn needle. But it didn't hurt. Ok they took longer to do it. One would have to go there 3 or 4 times before the root canal was done. The same with fillings. But no needle and no pain. When I came in here I was surprised that they used the needle for everything. To me it seemed that it was just so they didn't have to be that careful. If you're anesthetized then even if they mess up a bit we don't notice because we don't hurt. I still don't fear dentists that much, but I am not thrilled to go either. If I could choose, I would prefer to find someone like back home that didn't use anesthesia as much.

Hi Debs_place, Strangley enough I was never scared of going to the dentist, but its the people who puts the fear into you, I'm sure you didn't find it too bad did you? Tamara

I fear solicitors is the same thing LOL! It's one place that I don't want to go to! Dentists, well I have to admit that I used to go regularly twice a year, only because I found a compassionate dentist, now that I have moved away I haven't found a new one and dread going to find one and I am hoping that my teeth don't start to ache! What about people who take your blood, for blood tests, phlabotamists, I think, some of them I am sure delight in stabbing you with a needle, I've had a bruise once or twice when they haven't done it right or been too savage! But I watch horror films so surely I must be brave enough to face the dentist right?

I have a very considerate dentist, and I am not afraid to go. On the other hand the bill makes me go gray. I fear lawyers, and for about three years I fear the local police. That is a long story and may just be my paranoia kicking in.

I am still nervous around dentists. I am glad when he says no cavities. I remember getting the needle and those little needles taking out the bad stuff, when I got all those root canals. And the sound of the drill, and his cord was frayed and I thought I am going to get an electric shock. And when you get fluoride treatment and having that stuff put around your teth. Vrey scary.

hey friend we are both in the same boat as a child i was taken to a dentist who was deaf and while he was working on me he turned off his hearing aid and continued to work giving me no anesthetic these days i am an old woman and still terrified of going to the dentist

I will have to agree with you. I used to be very scared of dentist and then I happened on the one who is my Dentist now and he makes his patients feel very comfortable. I have needed three root canals and have not been afraid at all. I didn't know that was what dentist did way back when. But it sure sounds somewhat what the dentist does now just not as drastic. I am comfortable with my dentist now but if I had to change dentist I am not sure what I would do. I still don't care for dentist but at least I have found one that is really good.

I am not scared of dentists and I may have scare one or two in my lifetime because they could not pull my tooth out. Tough little bugger did not want to get out of my mouth.

I am not scared of the dentist, well I am a little bit. I have to go for a check up next week, I have not visited a dentist for quite a few years so I really hope that I have no problems!

I am terrified of the dentist. I am the biggest wuss there is when it comes to pain from the shoulders up. Every time I have to go to the dentist, I think of the Steve Martin character in Little Shop of Horrors. That is how I feel about dentists.