Top Ten Strangest Requests Made To Dentists

When I was around 10, I recall that while I was in the dentist chair I started waving my arms in the air as if I were conducting a make believe orchestra.

Not something I would usually do, but nitrous oxide (laughing gas) can cause a kid to do some pretty strange things.

However, when the Chicago Dental Society was asked to submit the strangest requests they had ever received from the patients (without the gas), they came up with some doozies.  

10) "Can you extract my tooth without anesthesia?"

9) "Please wire my mouth shut to aid in my diet."

8) "Can you ID this set of dentures left in the bathroom of the bar I work at?"

7) "I will pay you or your hygienist to floss my teeth at my office every day."

6) "Pull all my teeth, and just give me dentures."

5) "I just broke off my engagement. Can you prepare my tooth so that I can keep the diamond in it?"

4) "Will you give me local anesthesia in my lips? I'm going in for permanent "lipstick" tattoos on my lips, and would like to avoid the pain."

3) "May I have an emergency cleaning visit? It's my high school reunion and I need a bright, white smile to face my old boyfriend."

2) "Can I keep the teeth you pull out of my mouth? I'd like to make a necklace out of them."

And the number one strangest dental request ever received...

"Can you give my dog braces?"