Film & TV

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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.