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Who said hygienist appointments were relaxing?

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Namechangedforthis25 · 12/06/2024 15:52

That person was talking rubbish

there was a tv with a beach and calming music, also had a pair of sunglasses

the lady said I should relax

I was expecting a spa treatment

I was missold, it hurt like hell on earth

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AuntieMarys · 12/06/2024 21:04

Am I the only one to quite enjoy it? I go 4 times a year!

Octavia64 · 12/06/2024 21:02

It is NOT relaxing.

She might have told you to relax but that was probably because she needed to pry your mouth open to get the tools in!

StandardSize14 · 12/06/2024 21:00

@Snerl they scrape out your heart through your teeth

but don't worry you feel reborn after so...🤣🤣

StandardSize14 · 12/06/2024 20:59

I have to have my hands prised off the chair and that's with numbing injections

and they charge me £75 as well!

bloody sadist 😂

Doyouthinktheyknow · 12/06/2024 20:58

Said no one ever….my old hygienist was like being summoned to headmasters office for a telling off🫣 She was brutal!

She has retired thankfully…..DH always asked why I paid to be told off🤣 Because she told me I would lose my teeth if I didn’t do better which included twice yearly flagellation’s!

Snerl · 12/06/2024 20:54

Oh my God, I've just been to the dentist for the first time in about 20 years (I know, I know... 😬) but I brush my teeth really well and she said they were in pretty good shape... but that I should book in with the hygienist, which I did. I've never been to the hygienist before and am petrified now. What do they actually do??

LindorDoubleChoc · 12/06/2024 20:52

I'm never going back to a hygiene appointment at the dentist! My last one was the most unpleasant half hour I've ever spent on this earth apart from the minutes before and after my crash c-section.

EatCrow · 12/06/2024 20:48

I have the water torture for clearing stains. It’s just a vile pain that I can’t get my head around and it seems endless.

SoEmbarrassed2024 · 12/06/2024 20:41

Yeah, it's impossible to relax while you can hear buzzing in your brain and taste your own blood

knockknockw · 12/06/2024 19:44

Who the hell thinks a visit to the hygienist is relaxing?! I dread it every time

TheMithrasDirective · 12/06/2024 19:42

I go every 3 months and even though it doesn't hurt any more (I now use interdental brushes religiously) I still dread it. I dig my nails into my palm and concentrate on that instead of what's going on in my mouth. Sort of displacing the fear onto something I'm in control of, I guess.

SoupChicken · 12/06/2024 19:26

Who told you it would be relaxing and why did you believe them?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/06/2024 19:26

ALongHardWinter · 12/06/2024 19:15

I don't anything about a dental hygienist appointment remotely relaxing!

Paying at the end kind of spoils the effect, I have to admit.

ALongHardWinter · 12/06/2024 19:15

I don't anything about a dental hygienist appointment remotely relaxing!

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Namechangedforthis25 · 12/06/2024 19:14

i definitely think the hygienist was lying when she told me to relax or that she was taking the mick (just not nice at all)!

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Anonym00se · 12/06/2024 16:41

Our dentist doesn’t do hygienist appointments anymore. I just stay at home and scratch my gums with a pin instead.

junerella · 12/06/2024 16:37

Ooh I love it, my teeth feel so clean afterwards. I get two standard appointments a year though as part of my dentistry package so they're never bad enough to warrant pain.

drawnfrommemory · 12/06/2024 16:37

I don't mind them and wouldn't say I really enjoy them, but didn't really mind going.

Then at my last appointment my hygienist was delighted as he had some new fangled high pressure water device which was agony on my front teeth (which are never normally sensitive!) - I'm dreading the next one now.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/06/2024 16:36

Depends if you're having a scale and polish or root planing, really.

I enjoy not having to talk, think or do anything but let them get the coffee stains and missed bits of tartar off.

I wouldn't feel as relaxed with a dental abscess, tooth loss or heart disease from the bacteria, that's for sure.

stayathomer · 12/06/2024 16:35

Watched my son at the hygienist the other day and I wanted to scream ‘take me instead!!😅’ He walked out in a daze- I’d warned him it wasn’t her brushing his teeth but I think he thought I was messing

Ridiculous24 · 12/06/2024 16:33

It was like she was picking limescale off a tap! No regard! She said they weren't even that bad!

Spirallingdownwards · 12/06/2024 16:33

It's awful and far worst than the dentist.

perenniallymessy · 12/06/2024 16:31

I laughed hysterically through my last dental clean, not sure they were expecting that! It wasn't comfortable but it wasn't painful either, more teeth on edge type feeling. But all the slurping noises made me quite hysterical for some reason.

DS asked if they'd given me laughing gas.

Waitingfordoggo · 12/06/2024 16:18

Yes, it’s uncomfortable. I think it depends on the clinician too. With the one I went to previously it was really quite painful. The one I see now is much better.

It isn’t relaxing, but it’s tolerable. But I once fell asleep during a root canal treatment and also during a tattoo so my responses to discomfort/pain might not be typical. 😂

Changingplace · 12/06/2024 16:11

I can’t handle it, it’s too painful so I don’t have hygienists appointments anymore, I know I should but it’s unbearable.

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