#dentists

If the procedure that involved nitrous oxide was in a different part of the world from where you live, vote for where the procedure took place.

Because this comes up on every poll involving continents: yes, there are several different ways to delineate the Americas. Yes, there is debate as to whether Central America is part of North America, should be grouped with South America to draw a distinction from the US and Canada, should be considered an entirely separate entity, etc. Tumblr polls only allow for 12 options which means it can't be its own category. If you're from Central America, you may vote for whichever you feel better represents how you would categorize it.

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CW for discussions of teeth and dentists. No gruesome details, but flagging just in case!

*CRRUUNCH*

James froze mid chew and his eyes went wide as he stared across the table at Sirius, who had also frozen.

“Er, Prongs, that sounded really bad. Was that your tooth?”

James nodded and before his brain could do something stupid, like tell his mouth to swallow, he grabbed a napkin from the middle of the table and spat out the contents.

Dropping into the napkin with some half chewed toast, was what looked suspiciously like a tooth. Or, more accurately, part of a tooth.

“Well, shit.” He muttered.

James, like most normal human beings, in his humble opinion, hated going to the dentist and had he been sat having breakfast by himself, there's a strong chance he would have pretended it hadn't happened. But, Sirius was sat opposite him, giving him a knowing look.

“What are the chances I can convince you to ignore everything you just heard and saw and not tell Reg?” James practically begged.

“Mate, there is no way I am helping you lie to him! I swear he has magic powers, he'll know we're lying instantly and then he'll kill us both.” Sirius laughed. “You're just gonna have to suck it up and get an emergency appointment to get it fixed.”

James groaned and dropped his head to the kitchen table.

Alexa is on a roll lately.

1.- Don't assume your patient knows what is going to happen, explain it before you shove a carton in their mouth and leave to take xrays. (I had a huge panic attack with crying)

2.- Specially if they're a minor, don't assume they don't wash their teeth because they are not following the parents' instructions to wash them every day. Sometimes, parents don't teach their kids at all how to wash them or do it 3 times a day or anything.

And then the parent is all like: "Yeah I know, I have told them before (like 1 time) and they don't do it (you didn't even show them how)"

3.- TELL THEM WHAT TO DO WITH THE WEIRD PASTE YOU PUT IN THEIR MOUTH Because we were like uuhh do I wash it or not???

Apparently, I had to wash it, and It's my fault that I didn't know that (fuck you to that one dentist btw)

So. Please be careful. Be kind :(

Patients are not mind readers and you need to tell them exactly what to do and how, and not just shove a new toothbrush into their hands.