Testa Ronald G Ms DDS

I was a patient of Dr. Testa’s from the mid to late 1980s. I’m 26 years old now and the name «Testa» still brings up connotations of sadism and dental hell. He always strapped me down to a papoose board and drugged me with nitrous, which he dubbed «the snoopy nose.» Snoopy my ass.
Once when I was very young I was screaming for them to let me go to the bathroom. Neither the dentist nor his assistants would take the restraints off. So I peed all over him because I couldn’t hold it anymore and he got totally angry about it.
This early experience (plus my mother who always used to freak us out about getting dental work done) helped lead me to a life of fearing the dentist. I now have to take anti-​anxiety medications before I go in for a routine procedure like a filling.