
Kathy Anguiano
TBS Staff Writer
When we were little, we were all scared to go and have to face the drill or accept the fact that we had a cavity.
Now as we are grown up, our experiences with the dentist have changed as well as our perceptions and we become more tough and layed back about it all.
“When I go I’m not concerned about anything just to make sure everything is good with my teeth and get it over with but I hate when they put fluoride on my teeth it gives me headaches,” Deven Hardeman, junior, said.
As some students just go in and get out without a problem others still worry about cavities or anything going wrong.
“I go to the dentist to check my teeth and have them cleaned. I have scary feelings and the only thing that’s on my mind is it it’s going to hurt and I don’t want to be the next person to go,” Oscar Gonzalez, junior, said.
On the other hand, others are forced to go more than needed for not keeping their teeth clean.
“I usually go for retainer checks. It’s boring, so I start playing with the little water hose they use on your teeth. Though I’ve gone a few times recently because I ate everything they told me not to eat when I had brace so it resulted in me having cavities on my top back jaw. Anytime I see the dentist walk in with anything sharp I start laughing hysterically, because I, for some reason laugh when I’m nervous,” Wendy Gonzalez, sophomore, said.
As we can see, some of us grow out of the fear of going to the dentist but others still have it in them as well as maybe just a little but we’re all different and share different feelings making our trips to the dentist unique in their own way.