5 Tips For When You Visit A Dentist

Are you going to visit a dentist? Are you the kind of person who doesn’t visit a dentist that often? And now you’re totally clueless about what you’re going to experience at the weird looking hospital with scary equipment and uneasy smell.

Last time, I had to visit a dentist, it was literally my first visit since like 15 years. I was obviously very scared and experienced some different things which I think a person must know while visiting a dentist. That’s why I compiled this list of 5 tips to take care of when you visit a dentist. Hope this helps. 😉

1. When the dentist asks about your toothbrush 

“What toothbrush do you do/use?”

“Colgate” 

And that’s the most stupid response you can ever give. It will make everyone in the room to have a small laugh while you would have no idea on what’s so funny in the answer. Well, let me tell you.

When the dentist asks about  toothbrush, you’re not supposed to be the brand ambassador of your toothpaste brand but you need to tell whether you use a soft brush, hard brush or medium brush. Yes, each TOOTHBRUSH falls in one of the three categories and you must do a little bit research about which one you’re using at the present time.

What? You expected me to give some scientific tips about visiting a dentist? I am not a medical student. Ask your dentist for that. I am going to give you the tips which I think are necessary (to avoid embarrassing situations).

2. About The Green Liquid

If someone gives you a green liquid during your visit, you must know that it is actually the mouthwash. Yes, your mouthwash might be the blue one but they use a green one. It usually lies on a big chair like thing and you’re supposed to spit it out just like your usual mouthwash.

3. While getting scaling done…

You might ask this out of curiosity but please don’t. Never ask them or allow them to show you the plaque that comes out of your teeth while they’re doing the scaling. It is not only a yuck! moment but would also give you nightmares for come on! you had been carrying that eewww thing in your teeth since a long time. Even the thought makes me want to puke!

4. About explaining your problem

If you had to visit a dentist because of pain or something, make sure you explain the problem properly. I had a very bad pain in my teeth but turns out ACTUALLY I had pain in the gums. How is that so?

I didn’t know the difference between teeth and gums. So, I went and told the dentist about pain in teeth and got a prescription. While I was getting scaling done, the woman who was doing it casually asked me about the pain and I showed her the area where I had pain and that’s when she told me – “Mam, you’ve pain in gums!!! You got the prescription as you said you had pain in teeth.”

Luckily, my prescription got changed at right time and I was saved from having the wrong medicine and going back to the doctor again. You might not be that lucky. So, make sure you explain the problem properly.

5. Hide the fact that you tried to be your own doctor (sometimes)

That’s the thing very common in India. Before going to a doctor, we try almost every home remedy our neighbours, roommates, parents and maids can suggest. Once they fail, we visit a doctor. But one thing you must remember is that never ever tell the doctor about this.

This was a rare visit to a dentist but a lot of visits to a doctor has made me confirm this theory of mine that doctors get furious when they come to know that you tried to fix the problem by your own self. Try to keep your mouth shut about the home remedies you use (unless your condition worsens because of your experiments 😛 )

Disclaimer: This post should not be followed as a sound piece of advice. This is just something I wrote for fun through my experience that I had when I had to visit a doctor.

Have you had some embarrassing but fun experiences when you visited a doctor? Share!