I just went yesterday to get my fillings done (3 bottom) and I had a very traumatic experience. The dental assistant was not exactly an experienced one or perhaps she was not having a good day. She was holding the suctioning tube and it slid or she let it go, pushing the drill the dentist was holding. The drill got stuck on the inside of my cheek and it ripped my skin leaving not only a hole but a line shaped scar inside my cheek. It bleed tremendously and this happened at the start of my fillings getting done, so I had to bare with the pain another hour or so. Although my mouth was numb (because she numbed the bottom for my fillings and ALSO the top to FIX some temporary fillings placed last week which were causing me pain - wonder why), I could feel a very deep pain. Aside from the pain, I got really truly scared and it really made me nervous.
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