History Main / DepravedDentist

* Dr. Bender, the dentist in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', bullies children by [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult stealing the toys that end up on his yard]], saying they don't deserve them because their teeth aren't as good as his and his [[IdenticalGrandson identical son]]. He even has denture bear traps. Naturally, his own teeth [[{{Hypocrite}} are fake]].

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* Howard S. Schnider, was a pediatric dentist from Jacksonville, Florida did dentistry for children on Medicaid. He made national headlines when it was revealed that he was cheating the system by doing loads of unneeded dental work. It was also revealed that he physically assaulted and tormented his patients by not using anesthesia, strapping them down to speed up the work, and [[WouldHurtAChild even beating up and blackmailing them]]. Lastly, he never allowed parents to be with them in order to hide all the pain and trauma he was causing.

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->''"I am your dentist!\\

* Howard S. Schnider, was a pediatric dentist from Jacksonville, Florida did dentistry for children on Medicaid. He made national headlines when it was revealed that he was cheating the system by doing loads of unneeded dental work. It was also revealed that he physically assaulted and tormented his patients by not using anesthesia, strapping them down to speed up the work, and even beating up and blackmailing them. Lastly, he never allowed parents to be with them in order to hide all the pain and trauma he was causing.

Unfortunately, the trope has been TruthInTelevision - there are cases of dentists who have done unnecessary work as a scam (usually on either poor child clients for Medicaid money, or alternately on rich, heavily insured patients), dentists who have [[DudeShesLikeInAComa sexually assaulted patients under the influence of anesthesia]], and some dentists that are ''just'' so incompetent at what they do that they have killed or seriously injured patients in their care and practiced anyway until stopped by regulatory boards or sued out of business. [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease None of these may be named or listed as examples.]] The good news is that the aforementioned regulatory boards and public listing of malpractice actions (and now, with the internet, patient reviews) makes it far harder for one of these to ''successfully'' operate for years without some hint of the danger.

* Howard S. Schnider, a pediatric dentist from Jacksonville, Florida who did dentistry for children on Medicaid, was cheating the system in numerous ways, such as by doing unneeded dental work. It was also revealed that he physically assaulted and tormented his patients by not using anesthesia, strapping them down to speed up the work, and even beating up and blackmailing them. Lastly, he never allowed parents to be with them in order to hide all the pain he was causing.

* Doug from ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' has to have dental work done, and begins to suspect that his dentist is unconsciously making the visits as painful as possible because he subconsciously resents Doug for marrying his former crush Carrie. Things get better when Doug introduces the dentist to Holly... but then they break-up...

* Rather more successful than Yankem (though not yet as much as Kane) is Dr. Britt Baker DMD, a mainstay of the women's division in Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, who uses the Mandible Claw as a finisher to attack the nerves in her opponent's mouth. She started out as a {{Face}}, but turned {{Heel}} soon enough, and after knocking one of Yuka Sakazaki's teeth out she taunted Yuka that she should have sent her a bill for it. Interestingly, Britt is actually a ''real'' licensed dentist when she's not wrestling, with a practice in the Orlando area.

* In an episode of ''Series/ThePractice'', Bobby’s dentist cousin is accused of sexually abusing his patients during their sleep, including the firm's receptionist Lucy. Though the show was ambiguous about his guiltiness [[spoiler:yes, he was guilty, he confesses to Bobby]].
* Doug from ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' has to have dental work done, and begins to suspect that his dentist is unconsciously making the visits as painful as possible because he subconsciously resents Doug for marrying his former crush Carrie. Things get better when Doug introduces the dentist to Holly... but then they break-up...

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Gunfighters," the Doctor, [[ScienceMarchesOn whose far more advanced society must also have equally-advanced dentistry]], regards Doc Holliday as a barbarian. When Holliday offers him liquid anesthetic:
--> '''Doctor:''' I never touch alcohol.
--> '''Holliday:''' (takes a swig for himself) Well, I do.
* ''{{Series/CSI}}'' has a variant with a dentist who was a serial killer and chose his victims from his patients. He refuses to tell the women’s names after he’s caught.
* ''Series/{{Thanks}}'': Since the show takes place in 1621, Elizabeth's trip to the dentist is guaranteed to be painful.
* ''Series/KirbyBuckets'': In the episode "Oh Bros., Where Are Thou?", Dawn signs up for a "surprise-dentist" visit from Dan, the Bounty Hunter Dentist, who had previously treated Belinda. By the end of the episode, however, it is revealed that Dan is actually a NiceGuy who got bored of his office job and wanted a cool new gimmick.

-->"Have a seat", he says pleasantly
-->As he shakes my hand and practically laughs at me
-->"Open up nice and wide", he says peering in
-->And with a smirk he says, "Don't have a fit
-->This'll just pinch a bit", as he tries not to grin

* ''Music/{{Massacration}}'' has "Metal Dental Destruction", which is about a crazy, alcoholic fake dentist who operates with no professional procedures at all who ends up pulling every teeth from the narrator's mouth.

* ''Drop Dead! An Exercise in Horror'', a 1962 spoken-word album by former ''Radio/LightsOut'' writer/host Arch Oboler, plays this for BlackComedy with a creepy little vignette called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8m2iia-ATM "A Day at the Dentist's"]]. Stephen King discusses it in his book ''Danse Macabre.''

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' had, in its first edition, an adventure called ''The Dying of the Light''. The BigBad was called "Zahnarzt", which is the german word for 'dentist'. Sadly he wasn't one, but the name cannot be anything other than intentional.[[spoiler:For German players, the name was a spoiler, as the adventure was mostly a treasure hunt for one of his teeth.]]

* Orin Scrivello of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', from whom the page quote is taken. This leather-clad hoodlum literally gets off on torturing patients, using nitrous oxide not as an anesthetic but to get himself high. In TheMovie, he meets his match in masochistic patient Arthur Denton, whom he eventually throws out of his office in disgust. The roles were memorably played by Creator/SteveMartin (seen in the picture above, taken from a different scene) and Creator/BillMurray respectively. A great bit is the scene with the BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill in the film adaptation, whereupon it is implied that he ''removed the jaw of a kid''. He also violently abuses his girlfriend.

* The antagonist of ''VideoGame/KillerEscape 2'', who gets extreme pleasure off of killing teenagers by yanking out their teeth and inflicting painful surgeries on them. She then leaves the bodies with a pillow and a coin under their heads, giving her the nickname "The Tooth Fairy".
* Dr. Boris Habit is the [[spoiler: antagonistic]] proprietor of the smile rehabilitation center known as "The Habitat" in ''VideoGame/SmileForMe''. His cheerily puppeteered public service announcements grow increasingly threatening and ominous as the player progresses through the game and restores the "Habiticians'" smiles without consulting the good doctor. [[spoiler: His threats culminate in a goofy endgame villain monologue where he has the protagonist strapped to a dentist's chair and pulls out most or all of their teeth]].
* Dr. Orel White, DDS of ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest 2'' is a crazed dentist who seeks to cancel Halloween after being forbidden to participate as a child.

* In a ''WebComic/{{Nodwick}}'' story, a dentist commissioned the heroes to recover a magical pillow that had been made for a child, which would summon a tooth fairy to place coins under it in exchange for a tooth. His goal was to find her and all the teeth she collected, so he could make them into perfect dentures and make a fortune (and if he could find her stash of coins, all the better). While he was more selfish and greedy than he was evil, this plan led him to make a deal with someone he shouldn't have, [[spoiler: the GodOfEvil, Baphuma'al, who would become the BigBad of the strip.]]

* Website/{{Bogleech}} has the short story "[[http://scythemantis.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Dementist-363266705 Doctor Dementist]]", where the narrator finds himself the prey of a mechanical monstrosity whose very vague understanding of dentistry will absolutely not stop it from drilling into your teeth. Interestingly, Doctor Dementist's demeanor comes off as [[BlueAndOrangeMorality alien]] rather than sadistic. [[WordOfGod According to the author]], it likely [[WasOnceAMan used to be a regular dentist once]], and still tries to be one despite having somehow turned into a terrifying monster.

* Dr. Wolfe in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Last Exit to Springfield" When Ralph Wiggum claims to brush regularly, Wolfe says, in a Boris Karloff-like voice, "Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?" and proceeds to [[ScareEmStraight scare him straight]] with the horrific ''[[BritishTeeth Big Book of British Smiles]]''. He then terrifies Lisa and Marge with an over-the-top computer simulation of what Lisa will look like unless [[BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill she gets braces]]. And when Wolfe does outfit her with braces and headgear, BackAlleyDoctor style, she [[GoMadFromTheRevelation reacts like the Joker]]. And if that wasn't enough, in the episode "Hail to the Teeth" it was revealed he wasn't a real dentist, but a periodontist gone rogue.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' in that the title character's dentist seems to like to torture very much, which causes Johnny to run away and cause havoc in the hospital. Then after he gets captured, the dentist works very efficiently and cures Johnny in seconds.
* An odd subversion from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''- Cobra's resident MadScientist, Dr. Mindbender, was once a perfectly nice and normal orthodontist. Then he started to research ways to reduce pain during dental procedures, using brainwave stimulation. [[ProfessorGuineaPig But when he tested it on himself,]] it messed his mind up and turned him into a madman.
* Hermey from ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' is a subversion. He is ostensibly a heroic character who helps in the defeat, or in other words, the Bumble becoming a good guy. He does this by ripping out all of his teeth with pliers.
* Dr. Bender, the dentist in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', bullies children by [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult stealing the toys that end up on his yard]], saying they don't deserve them because their teeth aren't as good as his and his [[IdenticalGrandson identical son]]. He even has denture bear traps. Naturally, his own teeth [[{{Hypocrite}} are fake]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' plays with this trope, with Nathan fearing that his dentist will try to kill him. He eventually gets over it, and instead manages to befriend him instead, realizing that he actually does need a friend. [[spoiler:He still kills himself after the credits roll when out hunting with Nathan later, after commenting on how he appreciates their friendship]].
* On ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', the Devil is some kind of self-appointed orthodontic policeman who fits the entire town into painful, elaborate braces and headgear.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', it's implied that all Wallop dentists are like this. The team's BigGuy, a Wallop himself, states directly that he know full well normal dentists aren't like that.
* One of Creator/TimBurton's early cartoons had a MadScientist who's revealed to be a dentist.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had an episode where Doug had a cavity, which featured him and Skeeter going to see a ''Smash Adams'' film where Smash fights an evil dentist named Dr. Decay, a spoof of Dr. Szell from ''Film/MarathonMan'' (right down to going "Is it safe?"). After Doug gets a cavity, he sees the name of the dentist he is going to see is "[[PunnyName Dr. D. Kay]]," and imagines they'll be a sadistic loony like the one in the movie. Instead, Dr. Kay turns out to be a kindly woman who painlessly fixes Doug's cavity.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Dentist", Dan's dentist seems overly friendly at first, but is later revealed to be a sadistic supervillain who deliberately damages his patients' -- who are ''children'' -- teeth, forcing their parents to make repeated and expensive visits. He also plans to implant pain-inducing mind control devices into the teeth of world leaders so he can rule the world. It doesn't help that the dentist is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, who also voiced the Joker, who as mentioned above invoked this trope as well.

* Zorak plays one in a skit in the first ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak]]'' special.
-->'''Zorak:''' Don't worry, kid! I'm a professional.\\
'''Brak:''' A professional ''what''?\\
'''Zorak:''' Bowler. (''{{rimshot}}'')
* Logan Jay in the ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' episode "Dental? More like Mental!" is both this and a MadScientist. Supposedly, he was once a "dentist to the stars" (as in, his patients were celebrities) before his license was revoked (his whitening solution caused the President of the United States to lose his teeth). He seeks revenge by using tooth-altering methods that turn patients (and his henchmen) [[BodyHorror into freaks.]]
* In one Sherman and Peabody segment of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', Creator/LeonardoDaVinci can't paint the ''Mona Lisa'' because Mona can't smile, due to a toothache. They find a dentist quickly, but his methods "leave much to be desired", as Peabody explains. After the dentist fails to extract the tooth with a cord attached to a bow and arrow (resulting in poor Mona being pulled through the air with it and wrapped around the Tower of Pisa like a tetherball) he takes her to the top of a cliff and tells her to leap off and land on her face. Fortunately for Mona, [[TooDumbToLive the guy offers to demonstrate himself first.]]

* In season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', Todd's latest business venture consists of dentist [[MonsterClown clowns]]. Unfortunately, Yolanda from the Better Business Bureau points out problems with his idea since 1) not all of them are licensed dentists and 2) they are too frightening to be retooled as an entertainment venture. Todd eventually releases the dentist clowns into the woods...where they contract rabies.
* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'': One of these turns up briefly in an episode of ''Scaredy-Kat'' Chance watches in "[[Recap/SWATKatsS1E9TheGhostPilot The Ghost Pilot]]". He has Scaredy StrappedToAnOperatingTable and threatens him with a comically huge drill while laughing insanely.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'''s title character is actually afraid of dentists (or [[CallARabbitASmeerp "toothsmiths"]] as they're called in Skullbania). Naturally, this inspires Venomous Drool to send out a dentist monster called Toothsbane to fight him, a ghoulish humanoid creature that transforms people into teeth that it then places inside its gum-lined mouth.

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* Dr. Mizunokuchi of ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' is a monstrous dentist equipped with spider-like limbs that have dental implements on them, as well as the ability to turn body parts, such as his tongue, into drills. He likes to work slowly.

* In one chapter of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', Ataru dreams that Lum will "help" him get over a tooth ache with some sort of dentistry torture chair.
-->'''Lum:''' This looks bad. Everything will have to go!

* In ''Manga/LupinIII'', Jigen is afraid of dentists in general, and his worst fears were realized in the "Red Jacket" anime, where [[spoiler: he encountered a dentist who was actually an enemy agent, who shackled him to the dentist chair and then tried to kill him with a king cobra]].

* An early issue of ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' has a short story in which Dr. Robotnik orders to have a dentist badnik destroyed, because [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he thinks it's too scary]].

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** In an origin story, it is revealed that the father of the man who later became [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]] was an extremely depraved dentist. Not only did he enjoy paralysing his patients instead of anesthesizing them, then tearing out every tooth they had, but he'd also murder them mercilessly to cure them of "brain worms". A healthy [[MisanthropeSupreme role model]] for the good Judge, no?
** Dave "The Orthodontist" Duchese was a SerialKiller who kept the teeth of his victims as souvenirs.
* Doctor Doom. {{B|aitAndSwitchBoss}}ob {{Doom|yDoomsOfDoom}}. Enemy of ComicBook/SheHulk. Actually, a successful dentist until he started to grow jealous of the wealth and power of his more famous relative and wanted to emulate him, he proved incompetent as a villain and was foiled by She-Hulk. (And it would seem, went back to his old profession afterwards, as she still gets dental checkup reminders from his office.)
* Invoked at the very beginning of ''[[ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures Batman: Mad Love]]''. It begins with Commissioner Gordon going for a dental check-up. He is literally sitting in the chair when he realizes something is... ''[[AWolfInSheepsClothing off]]'' [[AWolfInSheepsClothing about his dentist]]. Then iron rings clamp around him, and the very next panel is of ComicBook/TheJoker turning around to reveal himself, holding an over-sized drill that he probably intends to do very, ''very'' bad things with...
* Parodied in ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': when [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil the evil entity]] Eclipso tries to manifest [[EnemyWithin the darkest side]] of the the young hero's personality, thinking he will turn into a super menace, he transforms into... a dentist! And not even out of sadism, but so he can pay off his parents' mortgage and put his sister through college (and maybe get a CoolCar on the side.)
* One of {{Edika}}'s short comics tells the story of a kindly well-meaning dentist who's not the least bit worried by his constant massive nervous spasms, and the horrors he inflicts with his drill.

* [[PolishMedia Polish graphic novel]] "Żyjesz?" ("You alive?") have [[PlagueDoctor Plague Doctors]] be this.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2012/07/20 This strip's]] "Beware of Dog" signs read "Beware of the dog"; "who somehow managed to..."; and "get dentistry tools".
-->'''Dog:''' Next.

* In ''Fanfic/TokyoLittleShop'', the "anime" continuation of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', there was Dr. Haru, who is based off of Dr. Farb from [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the original 1960 movie]], who eventually retired to become a surgeon. A biker named Samekiba Orin, based more or less on Orin Scrivello, becomes the new dentist shortly after.

* In the 1976 spy movie ''Film/MarathonMan'', former Nazi concentration camp dentist Szell (Creator/LaurenceOlivier) tortures an American secret agent's brother (Creator/DustinHoffman) with "oral surgery" in order to find the location of some precious gems, while repeatedly asking him "Is it safe?"
* This scene from ''Marathon Man'' is parodied in ''Film/HotShots''.
* ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' has a ShoutOut to ''Marathon Man'' when Daffy Gremlin tries to do forced dentistry on Zack while asking "Is is safe".

* The MadDoctor from ''Film/BloodsuckingFreaks'' works for Master Sardu, and he also rips one of the slave's teeth out and drinks her brains.
* Willy Wonka, in the 2005 film adaptation of ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', reveals that his wacky obsession with sweets is a rebellion against his father (played by Creator/ChristopherLee), an obsessive dentist who forbade all candy and made Willy wear [[BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill horrible braces and headgear]]. Though their eventual reconciliation shows that he was just an OverprotectiveDad, rather than a genuinely demented individual. Also, young Willy apparently did have some real problem with his teeth, since old Wilbur actually recognises his son from his unique dental condition decades later.
* The short film ''Film/OnEdge'' starring Creator/DougBradley of ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' fame. A patient gets er, impatient and wanders into the office ahead of his appointment to find a dentist all too willing to see him. As subsequent conversation reveals some issues in this dentist's past the patient is made painfully aware he should have waited his turn.
* Kalgan's infamous "ancient dentistry" torture scene from ''Film/SpaceMutiny''.

* Sam Waterston's dentist in ''Film/SerialMom'' revels in his patients' pain, although it's supposed to be educational. Of course he's not the AxCrazy of the movie.

* Dr. Farb in Roger Corman's ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors''. Unlike his counterpart from [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the musical]], Orin Schrivello, Farb is not quite as sadistic and has a slightly smaller role, but still finds enjoyment in brutalizing patients. He has a magazine named "Pain" for his patients to read in the waiting room. The page quote, incidentally, comes from Orin's VillainSong from the musical and [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors the 1986 film spin-off]].
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' has Arthur Weasley saying "I understand other Muggles are afraid of you," to Hermione's parents who are both dentists.
* The dentist in ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097938/ My Mom's a Werewolf]]'' is a little '''too''' excited to try to file down Leslie's teeth.
* Dr. Julia Harris in ''Film/HorribleBosses'' is depraved in a different way than usual -- her job affords her daily access to handsome men she can drug unconscious, and she [[DudeShesLikeInAComa takes advantage of this]] at least twice.
* The dentist who serves as the main antagonist in ''She Woke Up Pregnant'' is also of this sort. When one of his victims winds up pregnant because of this, she decides to fight back.

* Dr. King Schultz from ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' is a possible subversion. He is a former dentist who turned to bounty hunting, but is also one of the most moral and compassionate individuals in the film. However, this is a Creator/QuentinTarantino film, so "most moral" really doesn't mean that much. Lest we forget, he shows no hesitation in gunning down a man in front of his young son for money (although the man ''was'' a thief and a murderer.)
* ''Film/ACureForWellness''. Lockhart has a tooth fall out from the 'treatment' he's been getting. When Dr Volmer catches him [[ExploringTheEvilLair prowling about where he shouldn't be]], he declares they must treat the injury, whereupon Lockhart is clamped to a dentist chair, his mouth is clamped open and a hole is drilled in his right front tooth without anesthetic. Even worse, it is ''not'' a GoryDiscretionShot.
* ''Film/RioLobo'': Subverted, the local dentist is a good friend of the Phillips family and a reliable ally, although he does have to inflict some pain on [=McNally=] in order to fool some spies who were suspicious about his claims of coign into town to get his tooth pulled.

* Dr. Jane Payne, from the children's book series ''Literature/WaysideSchool'', likes to pull patients' teeth whether necessary or not, in order to charge them more.

* In the Creator/JamesHerriot book ''AllThingsWiseAndWonderful'', the RAF has a good dentist and a bad dentist. James is sent to the bad one who proceeds to extact one of James's teeth with a hammer and chisel.
* In one of the pieces in Margaret Atwood's ''The Tent'', young boys who shoot animals for fun are described as tending to become either warlord henchmen or dentists.
* The SerialKiller [[spoiler:Alex Carlos]] from ''Literature/SmallerAndSmallerCircles''; [[spoiler:he]] even uses dental instruments to kill and eviscerate [[spoiler:his]] victims. [[spoiler:One instrument he particularly prefers is the whimsically-named [[http://www.ikasassociates.com/images/26elevators.jpg dental elevator]], which is used to pull up teeth by the roots before removal—so, an EvilElevator, but of a different kind, because Alex uses it ''[[{{Squick}} to remove his victims' faces by detaching the skin from the muscles beneath]]''.]]

* In one ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' book, Dan recalls a story told to him by his friend on the force [=McGoo=] about a dentist who collected teeth, going as far as to steal them right from his patients mouths. When the insurance companies noticed that too many people were filling out forms for dentures, said dentist tried to flee the country, only to be held up at the airport when the fillings in the stolen teeth set off the metal detectors.
* In ''Literature/AHarvestOfWar'', Guinevere Thyll. However her dentistry (and medical practice in general) is separate from her depravity, mostly. She won't back down on performing extremely painful procedures without anaesthesia, however - [[PragmaticVillainy if there isn't any available]] or the patient refuses it.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': Greg sees his dad's dentist, Dr. Kagan, as one of these. From what we can see, Kagan is a regular dentist, if a bit stern and annoyed with Greg; a large part of Greg's first impression of him comes from the fact that his dad switched him from the kid's dentist he had a crush on to Kagan without telling him beforehand.

* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al's new dentist, after the two have established a rapport, promises to go easy on him while drilling...until a call from his ex-wife's attorney sends him over the edge.
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Dr. Oliver Bloom in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist" steal $13 million in bank certificates from a crew that robbed an armored car after an ex-cop on the crew blabs to him about it while being treated for a broken tooth he sustained from fighting the guards. When said ex-cop finds out what happened, he confronts Dr. Bloom and his assistant Teri, who proceed to beat him to death and dump the body. Later in the episode, they kidnap Monk with the intention of torturing him to find out whether the guy they plan to fence the merchandise to is being investigated. They even compare the torture session to the ''Marathon Man'' dentist torture.
* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Jerry attends an "adults only" dentist who doesn't allow kids in his office, keeps copies of Penthouse in the lobby, and routinely swaps [[HospitalHottie nurses]] with his fellow dentists. After waking up from an anaesthesia induced coma, Jerry is under the distinct feeling he's been [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale violated]]. Later on, his suspicions are confirmed. In another episode, the same dentist inflicts pain on Jerry after finding out Jerry was telling "anti-dentite" jokes (You know what the difference is between a dentist and sadist? Newer magazines.)

* A LighterAndSofter version appears in the Nickelodeon comedy series ''TurkeyTelevision'', with the dentist making small talk with his patients while handcuffing them to the chair.
* A prank on ''Series/PrankPatrol'' involved a visit to the dentist where the dentist turned out to be one of these.
* In ''Series/{{Louie}}'', the title character visits a dentist that specializes in treating people with odontophobia. After giving him an excessive dose of nitrous oxide and an unspecified pill, Louie has a series of hallucinations ending in the dentist sensually inserting a banana into his mouth. When he suddenly snaps out of the dream state, the dentist is seen hastily zipping up his fly.
* On ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Rose is groped by her dentist after a procedure. Uncertain, she declines to complain. But when he tries it again during a return visit, the infuriated woman vows that she ''will'' file a report with the state dental board.
* A both funny and creepy version on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'': shortly after seeing his friend Neal's dad out in public with a woman who is not his wife, Sam (who is fourteen) has a dentist appointment. Neal's dad is his dentist. Once he has him in the chair, Dr. Schweiber starts telling him he didn't understand what he saw and asking if he's mentioned it to anybody, and ends up taking about how lonely you get when you're older you get lonely and start to feel you've been missing something in your life… all while Sam lies there froglike with a big plastic thing in his mouth.

* An odd subversion from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''- Cobra's resident MadScientist, Dr. Mindbender, was once a perfectly nice and normal orthodontist. Then he started to research ways to reduce pain during dental procedures, using brainwave stimulation. But when he tested it on himself, it messed his mind up and turned him into a madman.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[https://garfield.com/comic/2012/07/20 This strip's]] "Beware of Dog" signs read "Beware of the dog"; "who somehow managed to..."; and "get dentistry tools".

* In one ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' book, Dan recalls a story told to him by his friend on the force McGoo about a dentist who collected teeth, going as far as to steal them right from his patients mouths. When the insurance companies noticed that too many people were filling out forms for dentures, said dentist tried to flee the country, only to be held up at the airport when the fillings in the stolen teeth set off the metal detectors.

* Rather more successful than Yankem is Dr. Britt Baker DMD, a mainstay of the women's division in Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, who uses the Mandible Claw as a finisher to attack the nerves in her opponent's mouth. She started out as a face, but turned heel soon enough, and after knocking one of Yuka Sakazaki's teeth out she taunted Yuka that she should have sent her a bill for it. Interestingly, Britt is actually a ''real'' licensed dentist when she's not wrestling, with a practice in the Orlando area.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. The villain Knightbrace acts as an evil dentist, leading the heroes to believe that he has to be the overly-enthusiastic dentist they met earlier. His secret identity, however, turns out to be a sweets shop owner who was expelled form dental college after trying to put braces on babies. Ironically he is defeated because the ''licensed'' dentist from before helps the heroes.

* In the comedy ''Film/TheDentist'' (1932), Creator/WCFields wrestles with a recalcitrant patient and drags her around the room with her tooth in his pliers. One patient is so anxious she starts screaming as he tries to use the mirror tool ''and isn't even close to her mouth'' -- screaming enough to send a patient in the waiting room out of there. Another patient, after about a minute of drilling, spits about a dozen teeth into a bowl.

* In the comedy ''The Dentist'' (1932), Creator/WCFields wrestles with a recalcitrant patient and drags her around the room with her tooth in his pliers. One patient is so anxious she starts screaming as he tries to use the mirror tool ''and isn't even close to her mouth'' -- screaming enough to send a patient in the waiting room out of there. Another patient, after about a minute of drilling, spits about a dozen teeth into a bowl.

* An early issue of ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog'' has a short story in which Dr. Robotnik orders to have a dentist badnik destroyed, because [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he thinks it's too scary]].

* Variant: In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the villain Knightbrace acts as an evil dentist,leading the heroes to deduct that he has to be the overly-enthusiastic dentist they met earlier. His secret identity, however, turned out to be a sweets shop owner who was expelled form dental college after trying to put braces on babies. (Ironycally he is defeated because the ''licensed'' dentist from before helps the heroes.)

* Pandagraph from ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'' is an alien war criminal who travels from planet to planet, practicing dentistry as a cover for her illegal medical experiments. She clearly enjoys tormenting her patients, telling them that she’ll break them into smithereens, threatening to kill them if they complain or report her, and sporting a big SlasherSmile as she begins a tooth extraction. Arco, who needs said tooth extraction, is understandably reluctant to let Pandagraph go poking around in her mouth.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Dr. Oliver Bloom in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist". The episode has Monk get tortured by Dr. Oliver Bloom, who has killed an armored car robber he stole some bearer bonds from, and wants to know whether the guy he plans to fence the bonds to is under police surveillance. Dr. Bloom and his assistant Teri even compare the torture session to the ''Marathon Man'' dentist torture.

* A both funny and creepy version on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'': shortly after seeing his friend Neal's dad out in public [[YourCheatingHeart with a woman who is not his wife]], Sam (who is fourteen) has a dentist appointment. Neal's dad is his dentist. Once he has him in the chair, Dr. Schweiber starts telling him he didn't understand what he saw and asking if he's mentioned it to anybody, and ends up taking about how lonely you get when you're older you get lonely and start to feel you've been missing something in your life… all while Sam lies there froglike with a big plastic thing in his mouth.

* In 1995, there was a hulking brute of a man whose gimmick was that of being a depraved [[WrestlingDoesntPay dentist]] called Isaac Yankem, DDS (ironically, Isaac's own teeth looked horrible). It wasn't exactly a roaring success. Fortunately, the man behind the gimmick, Glen Jacobs, would go on to be considerably more popular as Wrestling/{{Kane}}.

* Averted in an ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' story. When Jughead gets a toothache, his friends drag him kicking and screaming to the dentist. From the waiting room, they listen to him howling in agony until Archie decides to intervene.