Sounds and smells at the dentist

Love that dental office smell that hits you at the door of every clinic, I believe it’s cleaners and disposals but could be wrong.

Hearing the drill as soon as you walk in always gets the excitement going. Sitting down and having it go to town on one or two of your molars next, followed by the smell of the tooth dust. Heaven.

For me it's the sound of gloves being put on especially the snap from latex gloves.

Dental fetish kind of arose out of fear. The drill is terrifying, and the clean smell of the office is overpowering yet intoxicating. At least the giggling of a patient on gas is somewhat reassuring.

I abhor going to the dentist. I can't stand those rubber gloves in my mouth or that cold water they squirt or that suction hose they put in your mouth or that dry cotton they stuff in there. I hate it. I wore braces 3 years so I've spent a lot of time in the dentist's chair. Not fun. I don't even like the sounds there.

The characteristic smell of my dentist's office is clove oil. In olden days, dentists used clove oil to numb the gums, and it's still used today to add flavour to anaesthetic gels and ointments. I figured this out when helping a friend to move a huge grouper fish into another aquarium tank; he used a few drops of clove oil to sedate the fish before transporting it. The smell reminded me of sitting in the dentist chair.

For me, I like the sound of the receptionist, hygienist, and dentist‘d voices. I like the sound of the chair going up and back. I like the sound of the bib being placed, and the sound of the stainless steel instruments being lifted up and down from the tray. I like the sound of the nitrous moving through the hose and nasal hood.

As for smells, I like the “clinical” smell of the office, the smell of the latex gloves, and the smell of the nitrous oxide.