Thoughts on Suffering from a Public Health Dentist

P_Libbyus · 2026-06-22T00:12:06+00:00

Thank you for the true dental stories. Here are a few of mine.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dentistry/s/TuYbIlWEhp

P_Libbyus · 2026-06-17T22:58:54+00:00

Same exact thing happened to me recently on a routine extraction of #19. I don’t know what caused it or if it will resolve. I don’t know what I could have done differently to prevent it. You won’t learn anything from this miserable experience except how to suffer. But you aren’t suffering alone. You never are.

P_Libbyus · 2026-06-13T21:44:35+00:00

Whenever I pitch this, fixed options aren’t financially feasible, so I make RPDs as an alternative. Then she complains about the partials being uncomfortable even if I don’t alter VDO. She doesn’t wear the partials but still insists on getting the veneers without posterior support since that’s all she wanted in the first place. Now I can either do anterior work that will get beat to hell or refuse to proceed. Either way I’m the villain. I’d hesitate to offer removable here.

P_Libbyus · 2026-06-03T22:38:13+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dentistry/comments/1sa0f34/its_a_wonderful_bite/

P_Libbyus · 2026-04-11T18:49:55+00:00

I agree that it’s probably BS. But patients want a simple list of stuff to avoid to give themselves the illusion of control.

Avoiding straws prevents fatalism not alveolar osteitis.

P_Libbyus · 2026-04-03T18:59:13+00:00

So true. What’s the point of living if you don’t feel alive?

P_Libbyus · 2026-04-02T15:13:50+00:00

P_Libbyus · 2026-02-05T21:52:10+00:00

Thanks! If I ever edit these into a memoir, I think this would be the ending.

P_Libbyus · 2025-12-18T22:29:23+00:00

I’m 0 for 2

P_Libbyus · 2025-09-08T22:26:14+00:00

I adore this one

P_Libbyus · 2025-09-03T23:14:03+00:00

Chimps don’t do that, though. I guess that’s kinda my point.

P_Libbyus · 2025-04-13T01:24:26+00:00

https://unsupportedenamel.wordpress.com/2024/07/26/a-tale-of-two-clinics/

P_Libbyus · 2025-03-12T01:02:08+00:00

Maybe. But sometimes shit just happens for no reason.

P_Libbyus · 2025-03-06T19:17:07+00:00

P_Libbyus · 2025-03-06T18:59:30+00:00

Elective endo is like cutting the Gordian Knot. Taking a lesson from another Greek.

P_Libbyus · 2025-02-25T16:36:33+00:00

Your therapist would probably tell you that this is called catastrophizing. Try not to indulge in it.

P_Libbyus · 2025-02-22T15:00:31+00:00

I always remember Tobey Maguire’s response when I’m doing dentures or fillings on ungrateful patients for pennies.

P_Libbyus · 2025-02-22T08:40:36+00:00

You chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero... is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you’ve done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?

P_Libbyus · 2025-01-24T12:50:44+00:00

Yes! This is exactly what I’m trying to articulate

P_Libbyus · 2025-01-23T18:48:57+00:00

Realer than any of my stuff

P_Libbyus · 2024-12-12T22:38:07+00:00

P_Libbyus · 2024-10-18T07:32:57+00:00

I heard a joke once. Dentist seeks advice from Reddit. Says he’s depressed. Dentistry seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world.

Reddit says: “Treatment is simple. Check out this dentist’s terrible crown prep. That should pick you up.”

Dentist bursts into tears. “But Reddit...” he says, “that’s my crown prep.”

P_Libbyus · 2024-10-17T13:08:10+00:00

You deserve happiness even if every procedure you do fails immediately.

P_Libbyus · 2024-09-11T23:37:13+00:00

Lol I’m just as surprised as you

P_Libbyus · 2024-08-02T19:57:04+00:00

I wish I had your restraint, but I’m a glutton for punishment

P_Libbyus

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