For being a place where people go to improve their health and quality of life, few experiences incite the flight or flight response like visiting the dentist. After all, the dentist is the one place on the planet where a stranger pokes and prods your gums with sharp metal tools, partially waterboards you and then asks for money or else you'll get in trouble.
Further, just about everyone has had the same thought any reasonable person would if someone's hairy knuckles were digging around their mouth — "I want to bite you because you deserve it."
Despite the universal nature of this intrusive thought, it's rare that anyone actually follows through. That is, until Cleveland native Cal Broderick.
"I didn't wanna do it, but I definitely did," said Broderick. "I couldn't even feel bad when the dentist yelped and left the room. Part of me kept saying it was wrong, but in that moment, my inner Tarzan wasn't listening to any demands. Except instead of wanting Jane, I wanted to see if my pearly whites could take a finger off."
After reaching near the peak of full human potential with 300 pounds of bite force, 20-year dental veteran Dr. Roger Loche left to get stitches.
"The fucker bit through my glove. The cut was painfully infected, it hurt to use my dominant hand and I wasn't mentally able to come back to work for three weeks. That being said, I get it," noted Dr. Loche.
Now, over a month removed from the occasion, Broderick has had plenty of time to reflect on the hurt he caused.
"I'm not glad I did it, but I am and I might do it again."
Photo courtesy of Spc. Erica Isaacson via public domain
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