I refuse to believe that, in the year of our lord 2025 the best way to get dental x-rays is, "Here, bite on this hard thing guaranteed to jab right into the roof of your mouth."
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I'm not sure if my most recent dentist was just shenanigans but the x-ray detector they had was huge and connected to a computer (i.e., not film) BUT they no longer had the thing that focused up the light source from the right distance so they took 20 shots, like CGN levels of unnecessary radiation!
As an aside, I was at the dentist today and asked if they had anything to prop my mouth open while he works because my jaw fatigues easily and trembles from my tmj. They do!! A mouth prop and it’s a godsend. Why did I never know this?!
Yeah. I think they don't put it in automatically because some people don't like it? But I always ask for it to keep my mouth propped open -- would WAY rather that job be taken off my plate!
“Scuse me, scuse me” said the x-ray technician as he moved through the narrow space, loudly clattering the various tools needed for the preparation of his tray of chlorate flash powder and old west, stand-under-a-curtain photographic camera. “Now I’m going to need you to not move and NOT smile…”
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