Kids: Today, I took my 12 year-old to the orthodontist. While I was...

By Anonymous - 28/03/2014 00:09 - United States - Kent

Today, I took my 12 year-old to the orthodontist. While I was talking to the dentist about what was needing to be done, my daughter listened. With a straight face, the dentist joked, "Yeah, we're going to need to rip off her entire jaw." My daughter won't leave her room anymore. FML

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By Gee... Thanks - 03/09/2014 01:35

Today, while my orthodontist was working on my teeth, she made the comment, "Wow! It looks like a murder scene in there!" FML

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By madeleine - 08/04/2021 05:00

Today, I caught my young daughter eating candy after brushing her teeth. Angry, I asked her if she wanted all her teeth to fall out. She smiled and said, “Yes!” FML

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By Bethany - 07/08/2013 14:26 - United States

Today, I have an orthodontist's appointment, and I told my best friend that I was going to get my teeth fixed. She replied, "Wow, thanks. Your smile's really awful to have to look at." FML

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By moosemay - 19/01/2016 17:03 - Germany - Dittelbrunn

Today, I took my two-year-old daughter to the dentist for her first check-up. We were at the front desk when she tripped, fell and chipped her front tooth on the marble floor. FML

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By dentistvictim - 16/10/2009 07:27 - Norway

Today, I went to the school dentist for the yearly routine check. She took ages trying to clean out my teeth with the metal toothpick-thing, constantly hitting my gums. After half an hour of pain and spitting blood, she looks up and says, laughing: "Oh, I forgot to put my glasses on". FML

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By Anonymous - 29/03/2009 04:12 - United States

Today, I heard a little girl saying how much she didnt want braces to her mom because they hurt and make people look ugly. I looked at her and said, "Aww, there not that bad. See, I have them!" I then smiled to show her. She turned to her mom and said, "See!" then started to cry. FML

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By itsjustmyluck - 09/11/2009 04:37 - United States

Today, I was in line at the store behind a lady and her young daughter. Trying to be polite I smiled at the little girl. She burst into tears asking her mommy 'what is wrong with that ladies teeth'. Apparently braces on a 25 year old is not 'kid friendly'. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/10/2021 17:02

Today, our daughter was diagnosed with hypodontia, which means half her adult teeth never formed, so when she loses baby teeth, no adult teeth exist to replace them. This is going to cost a fortune since she’s either gonna need dentures or multiple surgeries to insert artificial teeth. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/09/2023 10:00

Today, I lost a tooth and got my jaw wired shut after my toddler managed to break my jaw by whacking me with a plastic toy. Hello at least 8 weeks of being unable to talk while only eating meals that have been thoroughly blitzed into a liquid form first. FML

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By Bob - 22/11/2011 18:06 - United States

Today, I went to the orthodontist. The lady took a break and went to use the restroom. Apparently she didn't bother to take her gloves off, and they smelled like straight up pee. She had her hands in my mouth for over an hour. FML

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aruden 25

Friday 28 March 2014 12:00

I wouldn't want to leave either

ErzaScarlet_fml 15

Friday 28 March 2014 12:02

She'll realise that it was joke hopefully.

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xxbvbsusanxx 21

Friday 28 March 2014 12:54

Honestly, to all the ones saying the orthodontist is evil, my orthodontist said the same thing once. If you're 12, you should be able to tell it was a joke..Try to get your daughter to just go get it done, I had braces and other "appliances" in my mouth for almost five years. Get it over with.

flame5768 14

Friday 28 March 2014 13:38

heheeh i'm sure you did have appliances in your mouth

DanielleinDC 33

Friday 28 March 2014 13:16

I can see why she would be a bit scared. Did the dentist not see he scared the snot out of your little girl? Maybe he should have said he was joking. Maybe you should tell your daughter he wasn't serious.

CeeCee_fml 16

Friday 28 March 2014 13:16

lol @ people crying about lawsuits, unprofessionalism, and finding a new orthodontist. How dramatic. It was a joke. Soon enough the 12-year-old will also realize this and emerge from her room. Or the OP will realize that she is the parent and just take the girl there. With me the dentist visit was much less horrible when my mother promised to get me ice cream, or a similar treat, afterwards.

imyy 20

Friday 28 March 2014 13:22

No, it isn't...it's just a joke! OP should explain to his daughter so she can calm the hell down.

Lil_Red777 21

Friday 28 March 2014 13:25

Oh come on, the girl is 12 not 5. She should know it's a joke. Really I'm more concerned that the girl thought he was serious.

JonDG 12

Monday 14 April 2014 8:33

ikr. im pretty sure a 12 year old would know its a joke, otherwise OP needs to do some parenting and teach their kid what a joke is

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Friday 28 March 2014 13:33

It's the dentist's version of Sweeney Todd!

mvc3ftw 17

Friday 28 March 2014 13:38

I don't think someone would calm down after hearing that your jaw is going to be ripped off. Sounds like something out of the movie The Grudge.

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Friday 28 March 2014 13:40

Or Mirrors. That movie made me scared to look into a mirror for a month ;-;

katties 27

Friday 28 March 2014 13:40

I think it was stupid of the dentist. My sister isn't afraid of the dentist, but she's very scared of needles. Once, she was assigned a dentist I know likes to joke about managing to trap and break off a needle in a patients mouth, then having to take one of her teeth out. I called the dentist's office right away and had her switched to different one. You never know what people's secret fears are, and he might just have found one of hers.

SgtAssCheeks 21

Friday 28 March 2014 13:46

Exactly; it's not real. Ripping her jaw out, is not real and no certified and sane orthodontist would ever do that, even if they could. You would expect a 12 year old girl to know deep down inside that this was all a joke and it was just to ride the psycho (german) doctor stereotype.