Dentistry

I don’t remember a period of time in my life when I wasn’t bullied in school. It honestly feels like I had my first day in school at five years old and then for the next ten years I was to be perpetually bullied every day. I was one of those kids that would pray for school holidays and the weekend just so I could get a break from being bullied. My older sisters were a lot luckier than me, for some reason everyone loved them but hated me. I wasn’t a weird kid either but it honestly did feel like I had a target on my back at times. Any unfair name a teenager can get, you best believe that I was called it! It only got worse when I discovered that I needed braces. I begged for my parents to change their minds or to consider teeth straightening with Invisalign. At least going down the Invisalign route would mean that my braces would be discrete so the students don’t notice them. My parents were tough to convince but they weighed up the pros and cons of getting Invisalign. 

I begged my parents each night for months to not give me braces, but they were adamant it was something that I needed. They told me to just not worry about the bullies and that being this upset was only letting them win. Hearing those words was hard as it was clear they didn’t understand what I was going through. One of the days I ended up crying at the dentist. Bayside had a go-to dentist that most teenagers would visit, so he wasn’t surprised to have yet another teen crying in his chair. He asked what was wrong so I explained that I did not want to get braces. He invited my parents in for a discussion and explained to them the benefits of Invisalign. Eventually, they agreed that Invisalign was the right choice for me. Guess what? None of the bullies even noticed the Invisalign on my teeth!

I wouldn’t usually do this, but I think I need to share with the world my recent experience at the local dentist. I’m the last person who would want to give a negative review to a local business, because I know how greatly impacted they are by such reviews (having owned a small business myself), but people need to know the truth about this place. And the truth is that their dentists dress up as clowns, or perhaps they employ clowns who can pretend to be dentists. I truly cannot recommend this place in good faith. If you want a dentist you can trust, choose literally any other.

I know that this area has much better dentists. I once went to the best Cheltenham dentist, according to my brother-in-law, and there were no clown dentists there. I’m sure you can find a dentist that is less strange, regardless of what you need. There really is no need to go to this particular dentist, unless you like the idea of having clown dentists work on your teeth.

How did this even happen? All I wanted was to get an invisalign, which would have been the perfect method of teeth correction for me, but I’m not letting clowns do it. Surely the owner of this dental practice had a friend or a neighbour who could have advised them against making such a strange business. Maybe their friend was just too afraid to hurt their feelings. In my opinion, if that did really happen, the friend should have just told them the truth. Now lots of people are going to be afraid of dentists, believing that all dentists dress like clowns.

Maybe I’m overreacting, but I think this review is more than fair. Unfortunately, I have to give this dentist one star out of five. If you need to visit the dentist, do yourself a favour and stay away from Laughing Dentists.