A photo laid out at the dentist office is alarming and ingenious

Jun 20, 2013 14:49 GMT  ·  By

While you are getting any form of dental work done, you are probably extremely scared and not in the mood for jokes. It's what makes dentist jokes never sound funny.

Imagine seeing the screengrab of the meme posted above next to you in the dentist's office, as you are in the middle of a procedure.

The image, originally posted on Reddit, pokes fun of how dentists operate, as while their methods are efficient, they are quite terrifying.

The photo references patients with sensitive gums, and how dentists “fix” that issue by poking about in their mouths with sharp instruments that look like they have been chiseled out of spoons in prison.

"Your gums look sensitive. Let me stab them with this prison shank,” the joke reads.