Was having two small cavities filled. The dentist only numbed one of them. When I yelped after she drilled into the live tooth, she rolled her eyes and said she "didn't think I'd notice".
When the novocaine wore off, I had been actually butchered. The insides of my cheeks and tongue were cut up, my gums were cut up, and my lips were split open and swollen from being pulled so far open.
It was my first filling. I didn't know that it wasn't normal.
Afterwards I switched to a practice for people with dental phobia, and have never looked back! They don't do anything special except be gentle, explain everything, and most importantly, STOP when you say so. But I have never been let down. I nearly fell asleep during a root canal just a few weeks ago, it was so painless and stress free.
What makes you assume the person you replied to is a "hypocrite" (i.e. eats factory chicken)?