Herman by Jim Unger for January 26, 2024

I would go find a new dentist.

I had a dentist like that.

Now THAT was a long root!

Love the dentists’ name.

He forgot his safety belt. Recoils can be rough.

The tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.

“Phil McCavity”?!? (Or was that ‘Film Academy’?!?) That’s funnier than the dentist crashing through the door.

“when he pulled that tooth, it extracted my uncle’s entire skeleton!” Mark Twain

That tooth had some serious roots.

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, he had to practically stand on my chest to get out the lowers.

He missed the wall, which would have been worse. The door is going to need new hinges. He is fortunate that the knob didn’t get him.

Hard one there.

When I was in the Air Force they told me that I needed to have the four rearmost molars removed. It was either that or be taken off flying status. So I went with the extractions. They did one side at a time.

The first dentist had his boot on my chest as he pulled the lower one from my jaw. I felt like I was hit with a baseball bat on that side of my face.

The second dentist looked at the X-ray for about 5 seconds and said, “We’re going to have to break that one up.” It came out in no time with no effort. The only problem I had was to remember not to chew on that side for a couple of days.

In retrospect, I am glad they removed them. There is barely enough room to get behind the remaining teeth to brush them.

Got it!

My dad once had a rather diminutive dentist climb up onto his chest to get a tooth out. My dad was so fascinated he didn’t even mind, and they got the tooth out. All’s well that ends well, I guess.

ouch! that’s gonna hurt

Gonna hafta add a door to the bill, sorry.

Shouting from inside the room: “Candy bar – candy bar – OH…I want a candy bar!”

Well, if the dentist’s name is Phil McCavitty, why is he extracting, and not filling the tooth? His name ought to be Dr. Pullem instead.

Three brave men.

(It’s a shame he pulled the wrong tooth, though.)

He is great at extracting wallets too

That’s alright, I’m resting right now.

Lying down on the job!

This makes me think of the W.C. Fields dentist scene.

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