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| Narrative number | Personal narrative |
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| 1 | She made my teeth sensitive for the past 2 years and she was making rude jokes during the appointment. I have not seen a dentist since. |
| 2 | When I was younger I’d have to go and they would work on my mouth and I’d have to hold it open with these crazy brace-type things for what seemed like an hour. It was not fun but not terrible by any means. |
| 3 | Many doctors made wrong choices and 8 years later still dealing with the consequences. |
| 4 | The doctor was not patient. Didn’t let the anesthesia fully set in. |
| 5 | I had very bad experiences in the US as a young teen with my dentist who seemingly didn’t care about my pain. |
| 6 | Nothing medical, just anxiety and sensibility to mild pain during the procedure. |
| 7 | After not being able to afford dental care, I had quite a few small cavities and my dentist here in the US was quite judgmental about it. My dentist also misjudged how much anesthesia I would need when filling one of my cavities and that was painful; I dislike going to the dentist now. |
| 8 | Not strongly negative, but I’ve had at least five dentists be incredibly disparaging about my teeth, and refuse to keep chatting with me after they had seen them. This made me extra self-conscious, and less likely to visit as frequently. |
| 9 | I chipped an adult tooth close to the nerve as a child and had a bad experience while getting it fixed. |
| 10 | Hard to get an appointment, expensive, painful. |
| 11 | Over charged, pulled the wrong tooth, took out a piece of my gum… |
| 12 | Dentist seems burnt out, not kind or understanding, not even with children. |
| 13 | My dentist was horrible, rude, unprofessional, scratched me on accident, and was condescending, also gave wrong advice. |
| 14 | I am, like many others, quite scared of the dentist. I don’t like examination (always scared they might find something) and I don’t like the procedure. Although I can see they do their best and make it as nice as possible. |
| 15 | Using the very old method of cleaning teeth with lots of pain. |
| 16 | Not the actual treatment per se, but judgment on my dental care from my dentist. |
| 17 | Pain, discomfort, dentist constantly leaning against my hair and pulling it. |
| 18 | Dentist ignored my request for antibiotics when I claimed to have an infection after a dental operation. Eventually prescribed antibiotics, but had to deal with intense pain for a day first. |
| 19 | The local anesthetic often did not fully work or wore off very fast. Some dentists did not take that into account and some even flat out did not believe me when I said I could feel pain. |
| 20 | The doctor was unfriendly and constantly joking about me and my teeth. |
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