Hilarious Sunday Dental Thread, courtesy: The Onion

[PCIntern]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/montessori_school_of_dentistry


Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures

November 20, 2009 | Issue 45•47

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NEW YORK—Inside the Montessori School of Dentistry, you won't find any old-fashioned cotton swabs, or so-called periodontal charts, or even any amalgam fillings. That's because at this alternative-learning institution, students are being encouraged to break away from medical tradition and discover their very own root canal procedures.

"At Montessori, we believe dentistry is more than just the medical practice of treating tooth and gum disorders," school director Dr. Howard Bundt told reporters Tuesday. "It's about fostering creativity. It's about promoting self-expression and individuality. It's about looking at a decayed and rotten nerve pulp and drawing your own unique conclusions."

"In fact, here at Montessori, dentistry is whatever our students want it to be," Bundt continued.

Founded in 1981, and tailored after the teaching methods first developed by Italian-born educator Maria Montessori, the three-year academy offers a fresh and innovative approach to learning seldom found at more conventional schools of dentistry.

snip...more at the site...

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It's been one strange week here on the dental prairie...about 9.2 on the Weird-shit-o-meter

[Sal Minella]

1. "It's been one strange week here on the dental prairie"

Would you care to elaborate? (disguising identities as usual of course)

Your tales are always so well-told. . . . :)

[PCIntern]

2. Well, first there was this..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7047745&mesg_id=7047745


Then just strange stuff prior to the holiday...vagaries of the pre-holiday crunch..."Doctor, my tooth has been bothering me for 5 months and I need to see you today..." or "Doctor, I need to get this bridge done before my insurance runs out, so can I come in for three hours tomorrow morning? Oh, you have OTHER patients scheduled? Can't you cancel them? But there are only ten people? Can't you move them? Why not?"

You get the idea I'm sure...

[Sal Minella]

3. Getting the picture, yes.

My sister was miserable with a painful, itchy skin rash all week and didn't call her doctor until 4 p.m. Friday, and was unhappy when the office suggested going to the E.R.

Couldn't believe it.