This story is only for people with
broad minds, which, thank god, the parents of this little girl had.
One un-inspiring day a little girl
of about 5 was brought to my surgery with her 7 year old sister. It was the
first time that she had needed treatment at the dentist although she had been
many times for check ups.
Having never had an injection in
her mouth before, she was a bit worried and I wasn't sure she would let me do
it.
The parents and myself were coaxing
her and making encouraging noises when her sister chirped up "
Don't worry Amy, Mr Preston will put his prick in your mouth and it will
feel all funny". At this her mother's face dropped, my nurse looked
shocked then the father burst out laughing uncontrollably. This only added to
the mother’s embarrassment at first until she saw the funny side. The children
thankfully were oblivious to the joke and I hope they didn't ask for an
explanation when they got home.
The main thing is that Amy did let
me do the filling.
A similar thing happened with one
of my adult patients but she knew what she was saying.
The lady was lay in the chair and
out of the blue said, " You know it is difficult,
I always want to swallow when you put your tool in my mouth."
I laughed at her and said, " Do you know what you just said?" to which she
replied with a glint in her eye, "Of course, I thought that would amuse
you."