Occasionally, films and TV shows with scenes set in dentists have ended up with the actor wearing a plastic bib. This page is dedicated to these scenes.
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A dreadful 90s British romcom that you wouldn't have been able to pay me to watch if it weren't for the dental scenes. Most notably starring Charles Dance sporting the worst ponytail I've ever seen. Poor man clearly does not want to be there and who can blame him. Also those who watched British television in the 2000s may recognise the dental nurse as Amanda Holden.
The main character, played by Jenny Seagrove (nope, me neither) is the patient in all three dental scenes in the movie*. There are two bibs shown here, one in the first scene then one for the other two, and seems to be an interesting showcase of 90s dental bibs. The first has a standard size collar and no pocket, while the second has a much larger stick up collar and a pocket. It's difficult to tell what material bibs are made of on video because of the way lighting can play tricks, but it appears the first one may be more of a rubber latex, while the second one the standard plastic that's used today? I'm not sure about that. She generally stays still throughout the scenes and we never see the bibs go on or come off, but she does move about a bit in the first scene that causes the bib to move.
*As far as I'm aware. If there were any shorter than say thirty seconds or so I might have missed them because I only skimmed through (while I do love plastic bibs, actually watching this movie was not something I was prepared to do even for them).
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A comedy superhero series, apparently the main character is having a dentist appointment so she can experience stressed to gain superpowers... the dentist apparently already has the power to create her own soundtrack which is the source of the comedy in this scene. I'm sure it makes perfect sense in context but given the only scene of the show I've watched is this one it's all rather confusing.
The bib she's wearing is not a traditional blue one, rather one of similar style but a dull green instead. The bib itself might be a specially made prop rather than an actual dental bib. We don't see it come on or off but she does sit up and move around in it, and we get a few decent angles.
Early 2000s sketch show featuring Lee Mack, Tim Vine et al. Three dentist sketches, all starring Karen Taylor as the patient. The first involves the dentist not being able to understand her unless she's speaking through an open mouth (a play on the old 'how do dentists understand patients when they're talking' gag), the second involves the dentist reading off numbers and then the punchline 'no wonder you're teeth have been hurting, someone's been writing on them' (the only actually funny joke of the three imo) and the third involves an exceptionally large cavity (echo).
In the series 1 clip, she's wearing a green plastic bib with no pocket. Your first thought might be prop bib, but I've seen a photo or two which leads me to believe this was a style of bib in actual use throughout the 2000s, any info on this would be appreciated. In the series 2 clips, it's a standard blue one.
Another crap comedy, this time about, and I quote the official description, 'a frustrated dentist who suddenly finds that whatever he dreams comes true'. Tragically this was not true for the audience, as evidenced by the fact that the film is more than five seconds long. In any case I skipped through it to find some actually very good dental bib scenes. Most are very short, the only longer one being with the woman with a tennis ball stuck in her mouth (that's the level of comedy we are operating on in case it wasn't clear). It's actually a very nice looking bib in my view, nothing fancy, a pretty standard blue one but very shiny and looks quite soft to the touch which is what we want. In the longer scene, she is mostly still but moves around a bit and takes the bib off herself at the end which gives some nice movement. Definitely happy with the bib scenes in this one, despite everything else about it. Not much to say about it, just enjoy the pics.
A terrible comedy premise and the kind of 00s cultural artefact that should stay there. Not much to say about the bibs either, they only appear in 2 short scenes (one of the characters is a dentist you see) and only one with it actually on a patient. The clips of the patient are short and with little movement, and the bib doesn't move at all when its on the chair, but it looks like a nice shiny bib, fairly typical of what you'd expect in the 2000s.
A short lived TV comedy starring two comedians nobody has heard of and that went absolutely nowhere. It's very much not my kind of humour but maybe you'd find it funny. The plot is, and stop me if you've heard this one before, one of the duo has a toothache but is scared of the dentist, leaving the other to take him along and whacky hijinks ensues. Not exactly original as far as dental sitcom plots go, but it leads to a lot of bib usage - Brother A initially has it on briefly but Brother B immediately takes over in the chair to prove its not scary or something I don't know. Anyway, they then abscond and he keeps the bib on the whole time. It's a pretty standard blue bib, nothing too special and not really any different from the kind you'd find today but nice looking and seeing it in other locales is quite unique, with a great deal of unique movement of the bib. One for those who prefer guys wearing bibs.
A BBC drama from the eighties, about a woman who's husband cheats on her and she doesn't take it very well. I think, I wasn't about to sit through four hours worth of drama, particularly as I knew which episode this scene was in (episode 3) and could skim through pretty easily to find it.
In this scene, the aforementioned woman (played by Julie T Wallace, who you might recognise from the James Bond film The Living Daylights) having dental surgery to shave down her teeth I think, in order to represent her turn to the dark side or whatever. In terms of stuff that actually matters, first notice how the nurse is not wearing gloves (ew) and then the bib, which is very recognisable as an ancestor of the modern plastic bib but with noticeable differences - notice the standup white collar around the neck, and the much smaller pocket than you'd find today. The material is a little difficult to discern but doesn't seem too different from what you'd expect today. There's a short clip of the drilling in which the bib is on while she lies down, and then she sits up a little to talk with the dentist which moves the bib quite nicely. A historical curiosity and certainly a nice looking bib, a type of which sadly has almost certainly been lost to history.
A BBC sitcom starring Caroline Quentin and Amanda Holden (weird she's come up twice?) from the late 90s. Completely lost to cultural history, to the point where the only copy I could find was sadly of very poor quality as you can see in the images above. I imagine it was a VHS recorded on original broadcast and there's been no public release since. Plot wise its the old tired 'sitcom character routine goes to the dentist' plus some bizarre laughing gas induced hallucinations. It wasn't very funny is the short version.
Bib wise its a huge pity that the quality is so low because it looks like a really excellent bib - shiny of course which we always like and with quite a nice stand up collar. Certainly looks like a nice one, again of a kind that's very late 90s/00s and is sadly lost to time. Quentin is pretty motionless while wearing it, only a few movements here and there but the close up shots I think look really nice and really show off the bib well. I would one day like to find this in higher quality.