Pickles by Brian Crane for March 20, 2022

I suppose that’s Sylvia, but if so, Crane’s changed her look.

In any case, she clearly can’t handle the tooth.

what were you even doing, Sylvia, in your parents’ house before you overheard and misunderstood their conversation?

Dentist, death.. I suppose one is slightly worse than the other

Dentist’s are the most hated/feared members of the medical community.

When I’ve got a toothache, and turns out I need a rootcanal, I’m delighted I’ve got a wonderful dentist.

Oh, I thought this was about using the restroom.

They probably already had basically the same discussion about dying.

I like my dentist, the first one I ever liked!

They were closed, so I put them through the drop-off slot.

Coin Flip Time !

Anyone else old enough to remember the drills with all of the cables? Those hurt.

When I was about 5-6,the dentist’s drill “slipped” and made a hole under my tongue….to this day I grip the arm rests very tightly!

Is she just normally morbid or wishful thinking like some people are today? (I know of a guy from Russia who’s like that)

Finally. A strip with some teeth.

Once, many years ago, my wife got a toothache late on a Friday. There were no emergency dentists available back then. She got through the weekend with help from Jack Daniels and got in to see her dentist on Monday.

Beautiful setup. Best strip this month!

I feel no terror about dying but, I dread going to the dentist. It all goes back to my first dentist who never used anything to ease the pain on my visits

Being a “seasoned” citizen, I assumed they were discussing their next bathroom trip.

This wins best my Best Comic of the Day award.

“I thought we were talking about license renewal at the DMV.”

And here I thought they were talking about who got to use the bathroom first…

One dentist back’s insurance company cancelled me. My current dentist, Middle East, has such a strong accent I can barely understand him. And I’m back to searching the market for one who’s first language is English.

My dentist of 45 years or so decided to semi-retire and moved into a group practice. I went recently for my checkup. The office manager pulled me aside and told me my dentist had died a month before. It seemed they had the wrong phone number for me (which I have had since 1975 and my dentist never lost) and apparently, they also must have had no access to my address? I had to see a different dentist after my cleaning and I wasn’t thrilled with him. I don’t know if I will go back or not. I feel sort of unsettled by this. I used to joke with him that he had to stay working until I died. We were very close in age. He was like a friend to me, and I had total trust of him. I am a redhead, and he is the one who told me many years ago that dentists were first to be aware that redheads need a lot more anesthesia. He never acted like I was being a baby when my teeth just wouldn’t freeze. He was so kind and patient. Earl and Opal can make back-to-back appointments, go together, and take turns going first.

Is that the TOOTH..?

My sister got our childhood dentist. He told her he was just going to look at her loose baby tooth and then he pulled it. She came running out to the waiting room where mom and I were sitting screaming that the dentist lied to her. He was right behind her holding a towel around his bleeding hand.

Oh, that. I thought they were debating who’d get up and go to the bathroom first.

Never assume what a conversation is about.

All you Opal haters were ready to jump, weren’t you?

My sister/husband refuses to go to a dentist. For me I am trying to figure out the expense on my own teeth and I just started on SS benefits. I could not go to dentist for 20 years.

A real big gut laugh here. Hubby was so casual in setting up dental appointments for himself that I ended up ensuring he has his appointments scheduled. It is a lot cheaper than finding out after a year of no appointments and lots of dental work needed.

Don’t mind dentist, I can see their hands. Now the gynecologist on the other hand : )…

One of the few times that I’ve laughed so hard at a Pickles comic!

When I lived overseas in my young years, the dentist drill was run by a pedal. So now I absolutely love my dentist.

I guess most of you were lucky you did not have to go to a GI dentist.