I had a lovely, clean dentist near my work that I could pop to at lunchtimes etc and really liked.
I recently had a baby and thought it would be easier for me and my husband (and the wee one) to be registered at a dentist closer to home. The new dentist is very much a local family dentist type place with old seats, 10 year old magazines and needing a lick of paint. None of that bothered me but two things have happened since I went there that are making me long for my old dentist.
1st thing was during the initial consultation the dental nurse dropped the piece that goes in your mouth to get an xray on the floor she picked it up and sounds like she ran a tap over it then it was put in my mouth (I couldn't really say much as the dentist had his hands in my mouth). I know it was probably clean and i am being unreasonable.
2nd thing yesterday I went to the dentist to get 3 fillings (I know this bit is unreasonable but had a horrendous sweet tooth during pregnancy and my teeth bore the brunt). The dentist numbed my mouth and started drilling telling me to put my left hand up if I wanted him to stop. All this was fine.
I felt a sharp pain on my tongue after about 3 minutes of drilling and raised my hand. The dentist had cut my tongue. He said 'oh I appear to have grazed your tongue, ah it'll be ok' and carried on. He then stuffed some cotton wool in to soak up the blood (there wasn't a lot it was just a small cut). finished the job and I left with my numb mouth and sore tongue.
I just feel a bit let down but I realise I might be being unreasonable because at previous dentist for 6 years I only ever had scale and polishes so this may be a reasonable hazard of having sweets during pregnancy.
so aibu to wish I had not changed and am I just being overly sensitive?