#dentist
Minimalistic halls
Complemented by white walls.
Sterile air
Paired with staff’s glare.
The receptionist’s warm smile
And cold clangs of metal
Grazing the surfaces of my mouth.
Awkward silence
Amidst the waiting room
Not a person
Not a soul.
‘We are ready for you Ms.’
Footsteps bouncing off the wall
With small conversations that I can’t recall.
Mar 23
Mar 23, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC
TW; childhood medical trauma/abuse
it was blue,
the upright table with straps
was that scratchy leather, blue
Blue sky window to my right
drugged up so I couldn't fight
red hot fire poker in my mouth,
beautifully capped teeth
but the branded red spot was still there
and it had stung my mouth for weeks
Feb 1
Feb 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC
The tooth is out
The pain has gone
Now I have a sutured gum
Only a moment
Then it was there
Sitting on a tray
Beside the chair
So small it was
For so much pain
Thank the lord
For Novocaine
Jan 27
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC
Shining implements of torture
Laid out neatly on the tray
Into the chair I am beckoned
Where I then settle and lay
A needle so sharp – doesn't hurt at all
And the numbness descends like a protective wall
Then pliers are grasped and scalpels are gripped
And the offending object
from my jaw ripped
Sutures and blood and spit and gore
A couple of days when my mouth is sore
Are better than toothache
Which at your soul gnaws
We'll put in some new ones
The dentist he says
As long as you have
The means for to pay
It won't be expensive
He jokingly said
It 'll only cost you
An arm and a leg
The dentists coffers
I needed to fill
But the insurance was worth it
'Cos they pay the bill
😂😂😂
Jan 25
Jan 25, 2026 at 7:11 AM UTC
Wisdom teeth
Pulling our natural teeth from our faces for our future
Offense is the best defense
Pull all four even if only one is troubling you
Though the other three may be peaceful they are not useful
Of no use to me
Save the time, energy, and pain to feel them all at once
It's better to really hurt for a moment than feel the dull absent presence for a while
They may have been peaceful
I should have asked to keep the one who tried to stay
One, two,
Four pieces
I feel you deep in my face when you’re gone
Now you’re charred biohazard material
Ash that once was me
Choking some stranger instead of a cigarette,
Ouch.
Sep 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024 at 10:47 PM UTC
Smile while the teeth are chipper
And a voice to amplify
Meet the singing dentist
Prepare for a deadly divorce
These teeth have reached the end of a lifespan of moorage
Where is the tooth fairy when you want one?
Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022 at 3:50 PM UTC
Why does trouble always have to come in twos and threes?
As it is, I am in Recruitment
Which is itself a rollercoaster life
Through the peaks and troughs of Hell
For all my hard work
I get a few scant rewards
Which are like a few drops of water
In the mighty Pacific Ocean
And turn out to be as ephemeral
As the life of a mayfly
Just as I am dealing with all this
My wisdom teeth decide to crash the party in style
Bringing chaos and mass destruction
From all sides
The dentist takes one look at my mouth
And confirms my worst fears
The wretched wisdom teeth have to go
There is no escaping it
Moreover, it has to be a surgical extraction
Why does trouble always have to come in twos and threes?
On the D-Day
My head is spinning madly
My brain is on overdrive
And I find concentrating on work more difficult
Than even predicting the stock market
However, to my pleasant surprise
The surgeon is so calm and reassuring
And the process is so smooth
That is, apart from the pain induced by the anesthetic injection
That I get a feeling as if all my troubles have ended
However, I could not have been more wrong
After a few hours
The effects of the painkiller begin to wear off
Slowly, but surely
Eating food feels more awkward
Than a conversation between a boy and a girl
Who have just broken up
And to cap it all
Talking isn't exactly pain-free either
I might've enjoyed a bit of rest today
But come tomorrow, I need to get back to work
Which involves a truckload of calls
And as per the dentist
I shouldn't talk too much
However, as far as Recruitment is concerned
There is no such thing as "too much"
Why does trouble always have to come in twos and threes?
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022 at 12:51 PM UTC
She saw a dentist who was a sadist thru and thru.
Looks bad, he said, shall we see what I can do?
With a tremble in her voice she asked, will it hurt?
Maybe so, he grinned, but only if I wannit to.
Jul 25, 2021
Jul 25, 2021 at 4:10 AM UTC
An Apple a day will make you
chop down the tree, and make a sign
saying dentists not welcome...
Dec 6, 2019
Dec 6, 2019 at 7:10 PM UTC
I miss my dentist.
I miss the smell of disinfectant in his office,
The sound of the water pick
The taste of his latex gloves in my mouth.
I miss the one-sided conversations about the philosophies of life.
I miss hearing about how his wife and his kids are doing.
The gossip about Roxanne’s new boyfriend or the new shipment of fluoride that just came in.
I miss the sound of the secretary's keyboard as she types up the report stating that
I am cavity free.
I miss him telling me how healthy and beautiful my smile is.
I miss him thoughtfully listening to my life complaints as he examines my x-rays.
I miss his advice, the wise counsel he’d give regarding my schooling or love life and the way he’d wink when he says I’m good for another six months.
But those six months couldn’t come fast enough.
Jenny broke up with her ex for the 4th time, Paul quit his job before a drug test, Sherry dropped out of college, my roommate is pregnant, Dad bought a pet kangaroo, my apartment is infested with small beetel things, I’ve only eaten ramen for the past 3 days and Cason proposed to me.
I don’t know how to handle it all.
I miss my therapist.
I mean my dentist.
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019 at 11:09 PM UTC
Im sitting in the dentist office while the doctor drills my teeth,
I wonder if they realize I’m so full of holes
I might slide right through this seat,
They can fill my cavities,
But They’ll never make me whole,
Cause they can fix my teeth,
But they can’t fix my soul.
May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 at 9:12 AM UTC
Ive been to the dentist
She gave ma a happy pill ME a happy pill, not Ma a happy pill
Tree frogs are my favotire amphibians there so cute ya wanna buy them an ice cream but there aint no bug ice scream
Yes I’m fine than k you
Gosh this is still fun
And they gave me a new toothbrush although I use the super-golly-gee-whiz-quadro-toothbrush-thing-that-lights-up-and-stuff
Yes the pill is wearing off sure
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Why do they all put their hands in my mouth at the same time
Lets see thats four hands
And then they yell at me to relax
But yeah I got a pill qnd I am sooooooooooooooooooo relaxed
My teeth are fine
My teeth are green no wait my teeth or clean because if they were green they wouldn’t be clean
Dr. Joyce is the best
There’s still something to be said for tree frogs
Yes I can walk to the car whoops
Yes I can opine the passenger door
Yes I can belt my seat fashion
Or somethingthis has been fun
Thank you yes six monyhsts…
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 4:06 PM UTC
Tooth grabs attention
It making me feel terrible
Time to call dentist.
Tooth aches are an ouch.
Ouch I should have gone before
Appointment is made.
Too late Root Canal.
A day my pain will finally stop.
Numbness here I come.
Jan 4, 2019
Jan 4, 2019 at 9:00 AM UTC
I caught the scent
Of rot
On my breath today,
I think something deep
Inside me
Died recently
And is withering away.
Apr 2, 2018
Apr 2, 2018 at 3:27 PM UTC
Back from the doc
that feeling I know
cleaning the clock
like sniffing clean socks
Teeth are all clean
**** not my mind
and may need a crown
no cavities find
The dentists a she
big cute brown eyes
kinda petite
somewhat, is shy
Long dark hair
a snarky type smile
some how i know
she wont use a file
So for now
my teeth can't complain
my spit in the sink
circles the drain
But maybe next time
they'll tell me the truth
"we're sorry sir
you're losing a tooth!"
Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 at 6:57 AM UTC
My jaw is frozen
Ice and fire creep up my numb face
Circling my eye with gentle hands
Tingling across my stiff lips
They call it 'filling,' but when I touch it
It feels invisible, empty
Unreceptive or responsive
Numb like dead feet
What a curious feeling
That numb is
Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 3:58 PM UTC
Tomorrow is the dentist,
I'm scared and that's the truth,
The last time that I had to go,
I left with just one tooth.
Mar 10, 2016
Mar 10, 2016 at 6:24 PM UTC
One of his sick molars
was jarring, crying foul,
the root canal treatment
she did, the first, on him
made it quiet,it touched
exactly the love nerve.
Love sprouted,got rooted between
the curvy dentist and him
in exactly five sittings;
the soil was fertile.
The romantic dentist seized
his pining heart too quick,
the causes and effects of
that pain, she whispered, was similar
to what she felt , when he whimpered
leaning his head on her full *******
No reason he had, not to surmise
she didn't do everything she should,
to make his ailing tooth perfect.
Coochiecooing to her, he even
called her" the tooth fairy's baby girl"
overwhelmed she gifted him a smooch.
Each sitting fallowed
soliciting that rare,tender dental care,
on her cozy swiveling chair,
brought them closer to bouts of necking
and things more adventurous,
(may the medical ethics, pardon the pair!)
Vigorous narratives she breathlessly
reeled off, on the state of his each tooth
brought her more closer to the chair
than what professionally was expected,
her perfumed warm presence
brought aches, not necessarily dental.
A stinging pain on a root repaired
at a time his 'root canal sweet heart' was away
compels him to explore for a new chair.
The horror of horrors, it was revealed
here, a piece of broken iron implement
his sweet heart, has left within the root;
a cover up as she couldn't retrieve it
with her skills inept,
it did aggravate, caused the pain!
Isn't the betrayal of the kids,
in the name of tooth fairy,non existent
far less heinous, than a cheating like this!
could any one blame him for this,
to escape a bad tooth future, he did
the best one could; the comely tooth fairy
that found the fault and mended it
shows him his place in the
swivel chair of her heart these days!
Jan 28, 2016
Jan 28, 2016 at 9:02 AM UTC
Mouth full of metal
Pocket full of teeth (broke)
These are the trials for perfect smiles
Our loss their gain
The dentists make money again
Weekly monthly wires crossing replacing
Wondering if its even worth it
Like false guarantees: "won't be like on TV"
Not even close.
Mouth full of wires
Pocket full of stones
One stops you at the airport-
The other at the bottom of the bay...
Dec 20, 2015
Dec 20, 2015 at 1:49 PM UTC
“Poor Harry Gill” I will say never,
Yet what a fate befell that wight:
For dead and buried long, still ever
He shivers morning, day, and night.
And so long chattered all his teeth
That not a tooth his sad mouth owns:
Pass by his plot and hear beneath
The clattering of frigid bones!
O.O
Oct 14, 2015
Oct 14, 2015 at 1:20 PM UTC
In between nitrous gas
And passive aggressive small talk,
"Its too bad about your teeth"
He said.
"You got a good face, bad mouth"
And I'm really laughing now.
Daddy's been screamin that my whole life.
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015 at 3:28 PM UTC