To the Dental Clinic

Oh lordy! Now this is definitely a torture chamber!!

I'ld be afraid of 'Rosie The Robot'. She might grab me and pull my teeth out (LOL)

It's just a dental office, nothing to be afraid of ;-) Then again, I probably don't have a right to say that. I have never had a cavity in my life, so visiting the dentist is a pleasant experience for me.

I have never had a cavity iether however they still pulled some of my teath out. They used old rusty pliers to do it too! Afterwards I passed out for an hour in the parkinglot.

if I had to go here for my teeth, I would rip them out myself! Scary!

Marathon Man.."is it safe?..IS it safe?

The only pleasant experience I've ever had at the dentist was when they hooked me up to the nitrous and left the room!

looks mighty painful

I'd hate to go to that dentist's office. O.O

I think I remember why I hate going to the dentists.

I wonder if they did any sedation for their patients...and how good the dentists were. Why does bulky machinery always instill fear?

Everytime I see these pictures I always feel the same way; how can anyone just walk away and leave everything to deteriorate? I mean, what happens, do they just close down and leave everything to rot? What a waste!

Nancy, I'm with you there.... that thought always comes into my mind.

creepy & outdated compared to todays dental offices

thats the definition; WHITE NUCKLE

Can someone tell me if thats a bullet mark on the glass?

I need to see a dentist.



I could be wrong, but dentists were and still may be allowed to use cocaine in thier practice, and they kept and/or keep it in a safe.

I can't speak for this facility, but at all the places I've worked with people with developmental disabilities, the doctors and dentists prescribed whatever sedation the patient needed, whether that was a benzo before the appointment, nitrous, IV sedation, or some combination. However, as these were considered "chemical restraints," we also had to implement a dental desensitization program, which is great in theory but not if a person needs immediate dental treatment and doesn't have the several months or more that it might take for him/her to get comfortable with dental treatment. I think that the dental clinic in the institution also had some means of physical restraint to use when required, called a "papoose board" if memory serves me. this would be used only in emergencies, not for routine care.

So they would restrain the patients bodies?
Was it only for the more spastic of the patients?