This is what the form said.

I had to have an emergency visit to the dentist today. My old dentist retired so I'm at the new dentist and filling out the new patient form and on it there was this one line.

'Do you consume alcohol, cocaine, or other drugs?'

I immediately made a loud, but friendly, statement that they were lumping a legal substance in with illegal substances and I thought that it was wrong and if I checked the book did it mean I was admitting to using cocaine, instead of alcohol?

Pissed me off in, geez there's another attempt to control your thought process, kinda way.

Winter Woman said:

I had to have an emergency visit to the dentist today. My old dentist retired so I'm at the new dentist and filling out the new patient form and on it there was this one line.

'Do you consume alcohol, cocaine, or other drugs?'

I immediately made a loud, but friendly, statement that they were lumping a legal substance in with illegal substances and I thought that it was wrong and if I checked the book did it mean I was admitting to using cocaine, instead of alcohol?

Pissed me off in, geez there's another attempt to control your thought process, kinda way.

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My wife just went to a new doctor today too. Her form said "Fuck you pay me."


You feeling better WW?

Answer truthfully.
"No. I borrow them." cn

Yeah, I have to have a cap. $800.

neosapien said:

My wife just went to a new doctor today too. Her form said "Fuck you pay me."


You feeling better WW?

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If I consume them how do I return them when I'm done borrowing them?

cannabineer said:

Answer truthfully.
"No. I borrow them." cn

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Winter Woman said:

If I consume them how do I return them when I'm done borrowing them?

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Pee on his desk. cn

With or without a cup.

lol Thats funny. You should have circled which one applied to you. Wouldn't that question be more of a discriminatory kind of question? They are basically insinuating if you consume any kind of legal alcoholic beverage that you would also be a cocaine and or drug user.


P.S. 800 dollars for one single cap? That's incredible. Got a plan?

Winter Woman said:

With or without a cup.

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Great Scott ... disorienting visual.
Oh ... not that kind of cup. cn

Nope. I have had very good teeth until this mishap.

stonerman said:

lol Thats funny. You should have circled which one applied to you. Wouldn't that question be more of a discriminatory kind of question? They are basically insinuating if you consume any kind of legal alcoholic beverage that you would also be a cocaine and or drug user.


P.S. 800 dollars for one single cap? That's incredible. Got a plan?

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I could shimmy right up there.

cannabineer said:

Great Scott ... disorienting visual.
Oh ... not that kind of cup. cn

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Winter Woman said:

I could shimmy right up there.

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It's the profession's fault for doing away with those handy little spit sinks. cn

Winter Woman said:

I had to have an emergency visit to the dentist today. My old dentist retired so I'm at the new dentist and filling out the new patient form and on it there was this one line.

'Do you consume alcohol, cocaine, or other drugs?'

I immediately made a loud, but friendly, statement that they were lumping a legal substance in with illegal substances and I thought that it was wrong and if I checked the book did it mean I was admitting to using cocaine, instead of alcohol?

Pissed me off in, geez there's another attempt to control your thought process, kinda way.

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They ask that question because if you're having operative work done they know what anesthetic to give you.
All numbing anesthetic has epinephrine in it. Some more than others, it usually depends on how long you need to be numb for. Epinephrine causes your heart to race, blood pressure to go up... so on. If you're using drugs that do the same it could be fatal to you.
They'er just trying to watch their asses, legally. 90% of people don't fill out a medical history honestly.
But if anything did happen, they have a paper with your signature saying that you don't use drugs that can make epinephrine fatal.

When my dentist's assistant asked me the usage questions and I got a little butthurt about it, she explained that they needed to have some idea of my tolerance for when they numb me. That someone who was used to alcohol and drugs would get a bigger dose than someone who didn't party at all. She could have been lying but she was rocking a fuzzy sweater and pencil skirt so I bought it.

EDIT: beaten to the punch

Ya my dentist gave me a near fatal dose of anesthetic when i was 3, they never took my small body size into consideration prior to the injection, thank baby Jesus my memere was an ER nurse and was there, when they left the room my lips went blue and she started the CPR

april said:

Ya my dentist gave me a near fatal dose of anesthetic when i was 3, they never took my small body size into consideration prior to the injection, thank baby Jesus my memere was an ER nurse and was there, when they left the room my lips went blue and she started the CPR

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OH MY GOSH, what a fucking idiot dentist. Sometimes we have to send baby patients(usually 3&under) to CDP, that's where they do full sedation because they can't give enough anesthetic for all the work their little bodies need.

Wow, give one up for the mom.

april said:

Ya my dentist gave me a near fatal dose of anesthetic when i was 3, they never took my small body size into consideration prior to the injection, thank baby Jesus my memere was an ER nurse and was there, when they left the room my lips went blue and she started the CPR

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What's wrong with doing coke, drinking beer, and smoking down all at once. I do it all the time . Besides, the blow will numb your mouth if you do some numbies LOL!

I still think it's slightly scary that they have no idea how anesthesia even works, watched a doco about people being paralyzed but not knocked out during surgery, fucked up.