   Dentist! Eeek!
  So, my mom suddenly calls me to tell me I have a dentists appointment to get a filling. Oh joy. My question to you guys, is what do you do while you're being drilled away at? I have a hard time not constantly swallowing- any advice for that? Basically, anything to keep me "alive in the chair", or so they say.   
Quote:Original post by Code_DarkSo, my mom suddenly calls me to tell me I have a dentists appointment to get a filling. Oh joy. My question to you guys, is what do you do while you're being drilled away at? I have a hard time not constantly swallowing- any advice for that? Basically, anything to keep me "alive in the chair", or so they say.Drink a quart of the hardest liquor you can buy   ;  I've only had two fillings, weren't too bad, but there's definately things I'd rather have been doing. It's not so much the pain of the drilling as is the uncomfortable position you're placed in.Surgeries don't bug me...but something about watching people hover over me with a bright light in my eyes with their fingers playing with metal things in my mouth just sends a chill down my spine.   ;  I count the ceiling tiles.  For the swalling thing it depends on the dentist.  My dentist uses a good suction tool so there is nothing to swallow. On a somewhat related story: Canadian Music Industry Drills Dentists--------Andrew   ;Quote:Original post by Code_DarkSo, my mom suddenly calls me to tell me I have a dentists appointment to get a filling. Oh joy. My question to you guys, is what do you do while you're being drilled away at? I have a hard time not constantly swallowing- any advice for that? Basically, anything to keep me "alive in the chair", or so they say.You're probably not going to want to swallow that much - that metal doesn't taste very good.  Have you ever had a filling done?  Every time I have my tongue was partially numbed by the anaesthetic and I didn't really move it much.  I don't know.  My dentist had the tv on so I just watched a couple cartoons while he drilled on me.   ;  I zone off.  Just start counting the little holes, or tiles in the ceiling.  Eventually you'll start just thinking of random things and amusing yourself, and WHAM!  it's over.   ;Quote:Original post by HemoGlobenI zone off.  Just start counting the little holes, or tiles in the ceiling.  Eventually you'll start just thinking of random things and amusing yourself, and WHAM!  it's over.That's exactly what I do...Code_Dark, I think you'll really be looking forward to this if you have problems with your wisdom teeth:You could always just think of that...Good luck! [evil]EDIT: ...and root canals too, w00t!;  You'd wonder why they don't put more interesting things on the ceiling to look at. My dentist seems to like those inspirational posters you'd see back in Elementary school; a dolphin jumping out of water with a little slogan like "Reach for success". Come on, how long can I stare at that?   ;  The best advice I can give is to eat half a box of oreo cookies before you go in there.   ;Quote:Original post by AzriocQuote:Original post by HemoGlobenI zone off.  Just start counting the little holes, or tiles in the ceiling.  Eventually you'll start just thinking of random things and amusing yourself, and WHAM!  it's over.That's exactly what I do...Code_Dark, I think you'll really be looking forward to this if you have problems with your wisdom teeth:You could always just think of that...Good luck! [evil]EDIT: ...and root canals too, w00t!I hate you.But no, it's just a normal drilling. The problem I have is that I feel like I need to swallow, and can't. Then I start to either close my mouth or gag a little bit. It sucks.   