Doctor Poll

saschaduran · September 2009

What is worse: Gyno or dentist?I say gyno by a mile. I have to take a half xanax just to be able to walk in the door. Feel like I will pass out any moment.I LOVE the dentist and think everything he does is so cool. I don't mind shots in my mouth or face at all. Dental work...botox...bring it on!

cmhershey · September 2009

Defnitely the dentist! The noise of the drill is enough to give me the heebie jeebies.

colleenspencer · September 2009

Dentist. by far.

AlexiaANDRobert · September 2009

Ever since I switched docs, my gyno doesn't stress me out anymore. I hate the dentist. ANYTIME I have a procedure done, I have complications: braces lasted 10 years, root canal had a calcified root and got infected, wisdom tooth extraction resulted in all 4 with dry socket. Basically, my mouth hates me.

TheSaltyPeanut · September 2009

Dentist.

Brie2010 · September 2009

Dentist is worse.My gyno is actually invited to the wedding. She's a family friend, so we just chit chat through the whole thing. And also it doesn't hurt.The dentist is usually either ticklish or painful, and I dislike both of those sensations.

*BeachBride0410* · September 2009

See I have to say hands down the dentist!!! The gyno exam is once a year, and takes about 10min.

mandapanda78 · September 2009

Oh god dentist dentist!! I don't mind gyno one bit, but jeebus christmas I hate dentists. I have a dental appt on Monday and I'm already nauseated just thinking about it. I wish I had xanax.

georgia_bride09 · September 2009

The dentist. With the gyno, I'm in and out in 20 minutes. The dentist never lets me go without finding something, and I take care of my teeth. I'm currently avoiding the dentist (it's been close to a year), so I know when I do go, it'll be bad.

lpstl · September 2009

Gyno, hands down. But, I did get lucky with both. They are crazy fast, very nice, and completely aware that people hate seeing them (so they compensate).I still can't wait for the star trek diagnosing wand thingy to be invented. That'll rock.

DRemA3 · September 2009

Gyno. But, the dentist is my favorite soo it wasn't a hard decision.

louisvillebride21 · September 2009

I don't mind either at all, but I would pick the dentist. I just don't like half my mouth being numb, I usually end up drooling on myself from laughing or something.

wadingmoose · September 2009

Neither. I have really healthy teeth - not a cavity in sight - and my dr is pretty awesome.

salt78 · September 2009

DENTIST. I'd rather get my hoohaa checked once a month then go to the dentist every 6 months.

MeaghanandMichael · September 2009

Dentist is way worse. Some one hovering that close to me for an extended period of time freaks me out more than any pain endured.

ktjanesmom · September 2009

I say the dentist is the worst. I hate having to lay back with my mouth wide open while some strange man has his hands all up in there with a drill. I hate the drill, the smells, the sounds and on top of that, they charge WAY TOO MUCH!

angiebear11 · September 2009

Dentist! I know it's silly, but I'm scared of the dentist and I can't remember the last time I went to one. Little Shop of Horrors ruined me for life.

saschaduran · September 2009

I have had so much dental work and so many complications and I seriously don't mind. It is so weird.I had a tooth grow in without enamel, then the temporary broke, then it needed a root canal to get a permanent tooth, then it broke abouve the root, had to have a screw implanted in there, wear a fake tooth for 3 months, and get a dental implant. The gums receded and I have to have gum grafting surgery where my face swelled up like elephant man. All in all, that tooth cost $9000.And I would do it all over again to avoid gyno work, copolscopy, ovarin cysts...AHHHHH!!! I am short of breath just mentioning it.

vicmo5 · September 2009

I'm not in love with either of them, but I'd venture to say that I hate the gyno more. I have an appt. on the 30th and I just found out that my doctor (who I really liked and had a hard time finding) left the clinic. So now I have to see a nurse practitioner. I'm glad I pay lots of money for that.

fangsiting · September 2009

Dentist. I have very sensitive teeth.

Ciaram22 · September 2009

Dentist. I can't even sit in the waiting room to wait for DH without almost having a panic attack. My Gyno is awesome even though I hate doctors and am still nervous to go see her.

julezlee · September 2009

Dentist. A. I have the worst teeth. B. I had braces for 4 years which aggrevated my horrible teeth. C. I haven't found a dentist up here that I like and the only one I've tried was horrible and added like 5 years to my age. I LOVE my gyno. She's wonderful.

mandapanda78 · September 2009

Well if nothing else this poll made me feel infinitely better about my overwhelming fear of dentists.

saschaduran · September 2009

lpstl...me too!! I feel for you!! My phobia has developed in my 20s so for my first baby I was fine. But I am obsessing over how much I will have to go to the gyno when I get pregnant. I have a tilted uterus also and that stuff is uncomfortable.

ndzenowski · September 2009

Gyno, I hate how they try to make conversation while they're inside you

lpstl · September 2009

Sascha, I feel the same way. I've had so much dental work done that it doesn't faze me anymore. But a pap will come close to making me break out into hives, my dr is super quick with the exam but I’m perpetually scared that she’s going to tell me I have cancer or something.

[Deleted User] · September 2009

Dentist. I hate when they scrape your teeth, that feeling alone makes me shudder. Gyno is so quick, rarely painful, and overall more careful than a dentist.

[Deleted User] · September 2009

Dentist. I take care of my vag way better than I take care of my teeth. I don't get lectured at the gyno.

SarahSmile23 · September 2009

i'd rather go to a dentist 10 times than go to the gyno once.

goheels05 · September 2009

Gyno. I'm with you, saschaduran, I am fascinated with dental procedures. I ask tons of questions. I had never been to the dentist until I was 22, so I didn't have any traumatic dental experiences as a kid, and my first dentist was awesome. I needed 4 fillings immediately--didn't feel a thing and went back to work right after. Aside from the drooling and difficultly talking to my manager the rest of the afternoon, it was pretty uneventful.Now the gyno on the other hand--my first visit was an emergency visit, so it wasn't fun, to say the least. It was also a free health clinic, and I went there every year through undergrad. They used to use metal (what are those things called? the thing they open up inside you so they can see your cervix?) and she didn't even run it under warm water first, she just said, "heads up, this is going to be cold and uncomfortable!" Gee thanks. She also held up a mirror next to my hoo-ha and said "WANNA SEE YOUR CERVIX ISN'T IT SO COOL!?" OMG no. Put the mirror away. I almost fainted. Then, one year right before my annual, one of my sorority sisters who also went there for hers told me that they had made her bleed and she went through like 15 extra super maxi pads in a day. Have I ever mentioned my irrational fear of blood? Yeah, I was terrified to go to my annual after that.

JenSean2011 · September 2009

The last dentist that I had the assistant was called the butcher, and for good reason. I came out of that appointment and was not able to eat anything for almost 2 days because she had poked an proded(sp?) my mouth so much that it was sensitive to even water.My gyno I go to once a year. I have never had anything other than a pap so I don't know any horrors from her yet.

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