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So I got my first cavities filled (4 of them) since I was about 16 (so six years).

I walk in at 4:10. They don't need me to fill out a big long form with my new insurance information because their computer network automatically updated it via my social security number. So no forms.

They call me in at 4:15, I sit down and they give me some headphones and move a 20" TV over my head and tell me I can watch whatever I want. I find Seinfeld on the TV.

So the dentest waltzes in at 4:20 and starts working on my cavities. He doesn't use any anesthesia, so i'm kind of freaking out. He gets some weird tool that makes some weird sound, then he grabs a drill and buzzes it for like half a second on each of the 4 teeth that he just used the weird tool on. Grabs some filling, uses some weird ray gun thingie to dry the fillings and tells me I'm done, and I can go eat dinner whenever I want.

I walk out the door at 4:40.

Did I mention I watched Seinfeld the entire time? And that they didn't use any needles? That it was completely painless? That it only took half an hour from walking in till walking out? FOUR cavities?

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TheoSqua wrote:So I got my first cavities filled (4 of them) since I was about 16 (so six years).

I walk in at 4:10. They don't need me to fill out a big long form with my new insurance information because their computer network automatically updated it via my social security number. So no forms.

They call me in at 4:15, I sit down and they give me some headphones and move a 20" TV over my head and tell me I can watch whatever I want. I find Seinfeld on the TV.

So the dentest waltzes in at 4:20 and starts working on my cavities. He doesn't use any anesthesia, so i'm kind of freaking out. He gets some weird tool that makes some weird sound, then he grabs a drill and buzzes it for like half a second on each of the 4 teeth that he just used the weird tool on. Grabs some filling, uses some weird ray gun thingie to dry the fillings and tells me I'm done, and I can go eat dinner whenever I want.

I walk out the door at 4:40.

Did I mention I watched Seinfeld the entire time? And that they didn't use any needles? That it was completely painless? That it only took half an hour from walking in till walking out? FOUR cavities?

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They must have been small cavities......

wart57 wrote:

TheoSqua wrote:So I got my first cavities filled (4 of them) since I was about 16 (so six years).

I walk in at 4:10. They don't need me to fill out a big long form with my new insurance information because their computer network automatically updated it via my social security number. So no forms.

They call me in at 4:15, I sit down and they give me some headphones and move a 20" TV over my head and tell me I can watch whatever I want. I find Seinfeld on the TV.

So the dentest waltzes in at 4:20 and starts working on my cavities. He doesn't use any anesthesia, so i'm kind of freaking out. He gets some weird tool that makes some weird sound, then he grabs a drill and buzzes it for like half a second on each of the 4 teeth that he just used the weird tool on. Grabs some filling, uses some weird ray gun thingie to dry the fillings and tells me I'm done, and I can go eat dinner whenever I want.

I walk out the door at 4:40.

Did I mention I watched Seinfeld the entire time? And that they didn't use any needles? That it was completely painless? That it only took half an hour from walking in till walking out? FOUR cavities?

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They must have been small cavities......

3 of them were, the one I thought I was gonna need a root canal on. Either way, still happy.

I thought anytime they drill you would feel some sort of pain.

Where's this dentist at? I hate going to the dentist and haven't gone for about a year now since my last experience (which before that it had been years). This girls wrenched my mouth around so bad I made her stop about 3/4 of the way though and I got up and left.

must of been shallow cavaties...nice though, have had that once or twice. my dentist and asst are nice, so I don't mind talking to them. The tv stuff adds to the price I bet...if anyone needs a great dentist in Ladue Mid county area let me know. Just have to be manly enough to walk thru the women's exchange.

It's a shame you didn't get laughing gas. That [expletive] is the [expletive], man. One time I was getting cavities filled and the dentist scolded me for inhaling a little too rapidly and deeply. He knew what I was doing. But i didn't care, because it was awesome.

I forget what they call them when aren't deep, but you are lucky.

I had eight(!) two years ago after having zero for the first 20 years of my life. I was scared, but the numbing gel kept me from having to feel the shot and the gas they gave me relaxed me to where I wanted to fall asleep despite having two dentists standing around me and a drill in my mouth.

this place is Tiner Dental off Mid-Rivers in St. Peters.

it cost me $120 for 4 cavities. ++ Dental Insurance.

The worst experience I had was when I had this massive cavities on my front teeth after getting my braces off. It was going to be such a difficult procedure that they had to schedule me for two two-hour procedures.

Anyway, the first two-hour session I went in my Novocaine didn't work. That, easily, was the most physically painful experience I've ever gone through.

TheoSqua wrote:this place is Tiner Dental off Mid-Rivers in St. Peters.

it cost me $120 for 4 cavities. ++ Dental Insurance.

That's close enough proximity to my house. Could you pm me their #? Me and my wife have been looking for a good dentist.