Armchair Anonymous: Dental Disaster
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What dental disaster story is shared in this episode?
Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Rogers. Hi. This is the worst episode that we've ever recorded for me. In your opinion. For me. We finally found the thing that I was very squeamish about. Yeah. Shockingly so. My knees were quaking. A lot of people, I think, have mouth fear. Yes. This is dental disasters. And most of my nightmares I've had, I got to hear people have lived. Yeah. This is rough. But they're great. Don't listen. No, listen. Do not listen to this.
If you're a tough guy like Monica, then you can listen.
What personal fears about dental procedures are discussed?
You were warned. Please enjoy Dental Disasters. All times come and go. Hi, is this Christy? Where are you? I know I didn't give you much to go off of. You do have a beautiful baby picture behind you. It's actually a blanket, but it is my daughter's photo. But I'm in Redding, California. And how's the dental work up there in Redding? Do you have a lot of good options for dental work? What's funny is I worked in dentistry for eight years. So I do keep a good eye out for a good dentist. I did find one. Okay. So walk us through your disaster. Now I'm wondering if you witnessed one. I didn't even consider that. Same. This is one of those like police ones where we don't know what angle we're going to get. What side of the equation?
Sadly, it's me. So it was February of 2022. We actually had just moved to Redding about six months prior to that. My brother lives here. My mom ended up moving out here and so did my in-laws. But at the time, it was just my brother's family and we were new to Redding. My dad was in town visiting because February is a very big month in our family for birthdays. So this one happened to be my niece, which is about the third one down the line in February. And my daughter's birthday, who's now nine, but was turning six, is two days after my niece on Sunday, which is important to the story.
How did the family birthday party lead to a dental emergency?
We are going over. We're all doing a big old family birthday party at my brother's house. We walk in and my brother has three older kids. He's got three boys who at the time were 17, 15 and 13. Dangerous. There's a lot of boys. There's fire, there's blood. Today was virtual reality goggles that they had just bought. And so they're all trying it out. They had a few friends over as well. And they're having a ball. When we arrive, they're showing my dad. He's got the goggles on and they're showing him how to do all the things. And they're doing something where he's like flying like Superman over New York City. Can I interrupt you for one second? Because our friend Eric just introduced us to this. He had read recently that one of the parts of your brain that atrophies the most as you get older is your ability to maintain your balance while your eyes are closed.
So he's been making all of us. And if you're older, try this. You stand on one leg with your eyes closed. If you get to 30 seconds, that's a huge win if you're older. Does that play a role in this story? Not for my dad, no. Oh, okay. Sorry. What a waste of time detour. Well, it was a good teaching moment. It's a good tip, though. Yeah. So my dad's had enough because they had him try something. He's deathly afraid of heights, and it was way too real for him. And so he's like, I can't do this anymore, guys. Hands the goggles over to my husband, who is back at being like a 12 or 13-year-old with these goggles on. My nephews are like, you need to try this plank game. You go up 40 stories in this building, and then you got to walk out on a plank and then just jump up.
Oh, no. That sounds horrible. So he tries it and he was like, oh my God, that feels so real. He's like, babe, you're not afraid of heights. You've got to try this. I see my three nephews looking at me and smirking. And I was like, well, I'm not going to be outdone by the boys. I did go skydiving for my 25th birthday. So I was like, I'm not going to be played up here.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What dental disaster story is shared in this episode?
0:00–0:54
2
What personal fears about dental procedures are discussed?
0:54–2:26
3
How did the family birthday party lead to a dental emergency?
2:26–4:30
4
What went wrong during the virtual reality experience?
4:30–13:48
5
What immediate actions were taken after the dental injury?
13:48–17:59
6
What challenges did the guest face at the emergency room?
17:59–25:10
7
What was the outcome of the dental treatment after the accident?
25:10–29:09
8
What lessons can be learned from these dental disaster stories?
29:09–46:46