Ever had a bad nurse?

[aaront]

Just curious since I definitely had a newbie yesterday when I had two root canals day.
This was her first day, unfortunately for me.
Throughout most of the procedure, she kept the "large" suction cup braced against a teeth or two, and it was the only thing causing pain through the whole thing. It felt like she was putting a ton of pressure on them, and that the teeth or two were gonna "rip" out. These teeth or tooth are already "bad", and it's very noticable, so I would have thought a little common sense would have been used.
When all was said and done, I told me dentist about it, just to let him know.
She drop something a few times as well.
Made it unpleasant a bit, but figured whatever.
Anywho, more of a rant I guess, and this was not the norm, for me anyways, so I don't want to scare anyone.

[duck]

Aw, man have I ever had to deal with inept idiots in my life! Many years ago, I had a nurse clean my orthodondists' station and forget to blow the sterilization fluid out of the air and water jets. The doctor was scared to death that I was going to require reconstruction surgery. I can't remember if this was in 1973 or '74. All I know was that when I went back in two weeks later, she was GONE. I asked the doc about her and he just said that personnell was private business.

Anymore, hygienists are the worst for me. Either they dig too deep, are flat inept, or don't care. I better quit now or this will turn into a rant several pages long on that subject. The only thing I will say is that a doctorate doesn't necessarily guarantee competence--how in heck does 2-4 years of training guarantee it?

[jamesy]

Hopefully you just got an "inexperienced" assistant and not necessarily a "bad" one. Sometimes dentists have to hire temps for the short term if one of his regulars gets sick. Letting him know was probably the best thing.