I would rather give birth than go to the dentist...seriously. I hate dentists as much as I hate spiders (massive arachnophobia). Once, when I was in the dentists chair he walked in the room & I informed him that he must first slay the spider up in the corner or slay himself as I could not tolerate the 2 of them in the same room at the same time! That dentist had no sense of humor either so now I have a different one that - kinda - understands my phobia.
You'd hate me. I love spiders, and dentists don't bother me.
I've never had a cavity, and I just got my braces off after SIX FRIGGIN-FRAGGIN YEARS in November. Over those six years I've had a palate expander (the weird thing mentioned earlier in the thread), some thing called a Herbst appliance (shocks from a 57 Chevy, more like), and full mouth braces and rubber bands. I'm just lucky I made it out without headgear.