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[Lenny]

Remember the old days when we went to the dentist. We sat in the chair, he did a little drilling and then he told us to spit in that little bowl next to the chair.

Now I am not a dentist person. I go only when I have a tooth that hurts. I had to get one yanked out on Monday, but I noticed there is no more bowl to spit into at the dentist office these days.

How come we had to spit back in the 50's and 60's but we don't have to spit these days?

Ewww...what a yucky post!

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Now I am not a dentist person. I go only when I have a tooth that hurts. I had to get one yanked out on Monday, but I noticed there is no more bowl to spit into at the dentist office these days.>>>>>>

are you saying that the last time you went to the dentist prior to this monday there was a spit bowl next to the chair ----------------------and if you answer yes im surprised your teeth havent fallen out yet -dentists have been using suction for years-remember you also got a little white cup that you had to rinse and spit from- you still have some of your own teeth dont you

my dentist has music available and i can get my hands hot waxed during the cleaning

[Lenny]

I still have alot of my own originals but I won't pay what they ask to save one. I'm a Yankee so I say yank it! Okay...suction replaced the spitune huh? I have teeth molded out of branding iron so I don't have too much trouble with them. I brush and floss every day and that keeps the dentist away.

Our dentist as kids was Dr Ray and Dr. Reese on the corner of Tremont and Arthur Avenue. It was a building that was rounded in front and wrapped around Arthur Avenue and Tremont Avenue. I can remember going and sitting in the chair with a window view of Tremont and watching the snow fall. Then on the way home we crossed Tremont and walked through Crotona Park along the wall through the bushes and played army soldiers until we got to third Avenue. Then we crossed to the other side where Browns Men's store was and walked down to Bathgate then up toward 178th st in front of St. Joseph's Church, stopped in for a prayer or just to get warm, and then down 178th to Washington where I lived.

Ahhhh, the good ol' memories of yesteryear!

[Preacher Mike]

Lou your hands Hot Waxed while your Teeth are being clean!!!...Is your dentist male or female?MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm and there is music playing!!!!! are you sure you are at a dentist???

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You're right about yesteryear Lenny....when they did NOT have to lock Churches during the day!

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[quote author=mike board=
]Lou your hands Hot Waxed while your Teeth are being clean!!!...Is your dentist male or female?MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm and there is music playing!!!!! are you sure you are at a dentist???[/quote]

yes
male
yes --on headphones and i pick the music
gosh i hope so

we used a dentist with an office on the grand conc- the office was in his apartment -- think he lived with his mother -- sat in the living room til he called you-----------no novicane in those days and the drill was belt driven -rather slow compared to today-- i would be in the chair and he would always ask me if my father was a cop and i always aid yes and he always said i hate cops jus before he started drilling

[wheezie]

I remember a very long walk to the dentist located on Cross Bronx Expressway side road, (or should I say street?). Seems my sister and I always had lots of cavities, and I often wonder why, since we were not permitted much in the way of candy or soda. I also haven't been to the dentist in a long time probably due to the sharp memories of much pain. I also remember the little bowl and every time the dentist said to spit, I used to hear my Mom telling me it was not ladylike to spit. Hmmmmmmm that could have caused a "spit" personality. LOL LOL LOL

[marylou]

Ptoooey! I'd rather spit in the bowl like in the old days than have my cheeks and tongue sucked dry by that suction thingy!

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that suction thingy sucks... it never gets all the saliva...

[Barry]

This is a painful topic