The dentists were absolute stinkers in those days. The moment a new tooth grew through the dentist would drill it out and put in an amalgam filling...same for my sibling. He used to drill right down to the nerve. Every single one of our teeth was treated that way. The first time I chose to go to the dentist myself, as opposed to being dragged there by a parent, there was a new young dentist under him. I was having trouble with one of the fillings and work needed to be done. The new dentist injected me up and told me to raise my hand if I was feeling pain. He was extremely gentle but during the drilling he noticed a large tear roll down my face. He got upset, asked if I was in pain, I said yes, and he asked why I didn't said my hand. I said I was waiting for the REAL pain to start. As a young adult it was found out the I have a lot of problems with tolerating mercury - the amalgam fillings were full of it. I paid thousands then to get that sorted. Over the years I paid thousands more with sessions lasting 2 hours to try and get things sorted. I'm in so much pain 24/7 in every cell in my mouth/jaw/tongue/lips/etc...all because a barbarian of a dentist wanted to make some extra money by drilling out healthy teeth.
The dentists were absolute stinkers in those days. The moment a new tooth grew through the dentist would drill it out and put in an amalgam filling...same for my sibling. He used to drill right down to the nerve. Every single one of our teeth was treated that way.
The first time I chose to go to the dentist myself, as opposed to being dragged there by a parent, there was a new young dentist under him. I was having trouble with one of the fillings and work needed to be done. The new dentist injected me up and told me to raise my hand if I was feeling pain. He was extremely gentle but during the drilling he noticed a large tear roll down my face. He got upset, asked if I was in pain, I said yes, and he asked why I didn't said my hand. I said I was waiting for the REAL pain to start.
As a young adult it was found out the I have a lot of problems with tolerating mercury - the amalgam fillings were full of it. I paid thousands then to get that sorted. Over the years I paid thousands more with sessions lasting 2 hours to try and get things sorted.
I'm in so much pain 24/7 in every cell in my mouth/jaw/tongue/lips/etc...all because a barbarian of a dentist wanted to make some extra money by drilling out healthy teeth.