My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist

In which John recalls a French press junket, a clenched jaw, the kindness of Nat Wolff, and an impossibly handsome Parisian dentist.
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[@vlogbrothers]

Tip from a professional writer: If you don't know how to spell incomprehensible, try spelling it both ways at the same time. -John

[@chelseabailey19]

excellent tip John thank you

[@vaibhav6826]

What's the other spelling?

[@yyy222y2]

The incomprehensible spelling of the word "incomprehensible". Got it, I'll take note of it

[@georgplaz]

@@vaibhav6826 I often type "incomprihensible". not sure if he meant that, as it is quite a typical mistake for german natives 🤷

[@vaibhav6826]

@@georgplaz ooooh. Didn't know that

[@DiamondDogVenomSnake1984]

There is something so sublimely hilarious to me about the sentence “He was a dentist for the love of the game.”

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Same to me. Even the pun "He was a dentist for the love of the gum" feels less exhilarating

[@waynejohnson1786]

Kind of like a rapper who has made millions but is still in the streets gangbanging... but instead of shooting people he’s fixing their teeth. What a G.

[@panpolypuff]

Little Shop of Horrors vibes.

[@LorneGrimmer]

The Bruce Wayne of dentists

[@sanabady6658]

@@panpolypuff I'm glad someone else had this thought, but less sadistic, of course

[@isabelasabbatini4431]

If John had written this dentist scene in a book, critics would be going "oh, Americans and their idea of France..."

[@fairycat23]

LEGIT

[@rmdodsonbills]

I think Shakespeare said it best in "Twelfth Night": If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction"😁

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Never has the phrase "stranger than fiction" seemed more applicable.

[@Liz_Crowley]

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[@t.h.1492]

I like to think that John just casually met a Greek god of healing in Paris, it would explain so much of this story: the wildly lavish waiting room, the excellent care, the drop dead gorgeous looks, the prophetic telling of future psychological pain. John you met Apollo

[@vlogbrothers]

I always sorta suspected I was living in a Gaiman novel. -John

[@DasGanon]

@@vlogbrothers I really want to see Gaiman's impression of a John novel or John's impression of a Gaiman novel now.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

@@vlogbrothers the collab we didn't know we needed

[@marylis84]

@@DasGanon this NEEDS to happen!!

[@lbroderius]

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[@Azeria]

I once heard there is nothing more Parisian than putting in tremendous effort in order to appear like you’ve put in none.

[@paulprescod6150]

The Italians call it Sprezzatura

[@dianem8544]

Huh, I'm more European than I thought. I was going to say French but apparently the Italians also have a dog in this fight.

[@clotildevivier8650]

that's circus performing not paris

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

It's also the general vibe of high school!

[@lynth]

@@paulprescod6150 French people call it contenance. Americans call it coolness. Artists call it naivety.

[@A.Filthy.Casual]

I think he's just a wildly successful dentist, because the $5k/night hotel apparently just keeps him on call 😅

[@AxxLAfriku]

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear ag

[@dootdoot3713]

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[@lbroderius]

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[@rmdodsonbills]

Very much my thinking as well; the Parisian Dentist to the Stars. Although, I suppose he could be both a billionaire dentist for the love of the game AND wildly successful dentist to the stars. And neither one would exclude him from also being a supermodel/romance novel cover guy.

[@user-il9ij5wx3n]

Definetly. European private dentists are LOADED. A dentist is literally among the first space tourists

[@carissa-7]

I think this story is extremely relatable - I mean who doesn’t have a framed photo of themselves with Cara Delevigne in front of the Eiffel Tower?

[@josipjagic]

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[@sydneyd7054]

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[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I mean, mine's with a cardboard cutout in front of the replica in Vegas, but still.

[@willz7369]

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[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

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[@Andi-gq4yo]

the fact that sarah framed that photo 😭 amazing

[@amykathleen2]

I would like to imagine some visitor to their home seeing the photo from a distance and being like “oh nice, is this the two of you in Paris?” and then getting close enough to see the faces and being very confused.

[@Izzy-Maurer]

Sarah insisting on framing a photo of her husband looking incredibly awkward with a supermodel in front of the Eiffel Tower just confirms my long-held suspicion that she is the funniest member of the Green family.

[@colleenlibrarian1061]

She certainly can recognize an image that has layers of meaning to unpack.

[@vlogerhood]

I have 0 doubt she took one look at it and said "This is art."

[@doctormo]

My read was: "Proof he could have a model, but he's mine."

[@Fs3i]

Have you heard Hank’s dad jokes?

[@katiek.982]

This is the kind of surreal weird-ass experience that, if it happened to me, I would always 1% doubt happened afterward

[@vlogbrothers]

Indeed, periodically I will check with Elyse to confirm that the whole affair did, in fact, occur. -John

[@Rebecca-yb7bt]

"We'll always have Paris, Dr. I can't remember your name." I am dying

[@sydneyd7054]

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[@charliespinoza1966]

😂

[@alicey.c.7316]

Two pains! The physical pain and the psychological pain! How do you always meet people who utter such resonant lines John? XD

[@vlogbrothers]

To be fair, I just forget everything else that everyone says to me :) -John

[@lonestarr1490]

@@vlogbrothers We all do. We all do.

[@olivianeal3531]

@@vlogbrothers Now that's relatable

[@InnuendoStudios]

In a sense, all pain is psychological

[@anthonynorman7545]

@@InnuendoStudios beautiful!

[@crystalclare1000]

"Absolute monotony and complete terror"..... Also a description of the last 2 years

[@adag87]

Oof. This is too true.

[@aditi_05]

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[@blessedbyacurse]

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[@MrWhangdoodles]

Too soon.

[@ClaireF_]

💯

[@erinatwood7495]

Listen, I think we all need a picture of the hot parisian dentist. We deserve that kind of win in 2022.

[@vlogbrothers]

I also would like a picture of him. But alas, no photographic evidence of this fever dream remains. -John

[@MrWhangdoodles]

@@vlogbrothers How unreliable is the narrator here?

[@leahhambury8790]

John's stories are always so entertaining yet unfortunate for him

[@polaroid_of_a_polar_bear1764]

exactly! 😂

[@ayushagarwal1342]

Reminds me of 'Canada: A story of insufficient funds'! XD XD

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@dillonmyers965]

I retracted my like of this comment, for I would have been the 666th...

[@leahhambury8790]

@@dillonmyers965 noooo

[@swagswap]

My mantra lately has been, "Get skills. Give them away."

[@vlogbrothers]

Great mantra. -John

[@erinatwood7495]

I want to cross stitch this and mail it to you.

[@swagswap]

@@erinatwood7495 That's the spirit! :)

[@kitwalker5311]

I’d like to think Cara also has that photo, framed at home 😂

[@ClaireF_]

Please god let this be true 😂🙏🏼

[@jamesrcottrell]

Let us all aspire to be compassionate experts, and if in failing expertise, at least be compassionate.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Excellent

[@jeka8826]

KZbin comments are often horrific. Occasionally, like now, they are eloquent proverbs to live by.

[@meenakshi6344]

I agree with Jeka, so full of kindness. A way of life.

[@lonestarr1490]

"Your needs are about to be met by a compassionate expert" - that surely is one heck of a pick up line!

[@ishikasingh5909]

omg yes😂

[@newcreation19]

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[@MrNicoJac]

I'm gonna try it out 🤣

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

It helps if you unveil a motorcycle helmet to reveal that you're the most beautiful person the person has ever seen.

[@untappedinkwell]

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[@spacey-sam]

Honestly, whether the stories are relatable or not, John stories are always so great to listen to 🖤

[@jacksoneide9850]

The way you said "I go to the dentist!" made me chuckle :)

[@DuluthTW]

I'm going to start saying "May all your needs be met by a compassionate expert.", instead of the usual "Have a nice day." I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for sharing!

[@ClaireF_]

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[@CL-go2ji]

And? I need some followup on that "letting us know how it goes"!

[@majorfallacy5926]

Private doctors offices (the ones insurance doesn't cover) in European cities often have tacky waiting rooms like that. No idea why. One I went to had a knight's armor propped up in the middle of his, maybe it was a family heirloom. The visits tend to be pretty pricey but not completely unaffordable, usually like 100-150€/visit

[@vlogbrothers]

In America, you spend $200 on a dental visit the moment you open the door. And no knight's armor!! -John

[@zcmini000]

Sometimes I forgot that John used to be the famous brother well before Hank The Tiktoker became the famous brother

[@vlogbrothers]

I know! It's weird! Hank is so (so so so so so) much better and more comfortable with fame than I am, so I am really (really really really really) happy for that particular shoe to be on his particular foot at the moment. -John

[@arunimaphadke]

I've seen multiple pictures of John looking at Natt with adoration. It was lovely to see that the same reciprocated in that interview clip :')

[@vlogbrothers]

I really love that guy. I think so, so highly of him. -John

[@sitamshrijal]

"The Parisian Dentist" sounds like the name of a movie Wes Anderson would make.

[@sameeksha1460]

And the hotel can be from the grand budapwst hotel!!!(because i was kinda imagining a setting like that)

[@TheShaleco]

I've never seen a photo more worthy of framing 😂

[@vlogbrothers]

The funniest part is that she insisted on putting it among all the family photos--so it's just like us, the kids, our parents, and Cara.

[@TheShaleco]

@@vlogbrothers That is just amazing lmao. All you're missing is an appearance of it in the Christmas Cards.

[@TheRacoonGhost]

@@TheShaleco they could have that photo framed in the background of all future Christmas cards...

[@Liz-xn7iq]

John should write a book about the team up of Dr. Hot Doctor and Dr. Neversneezer Scrooge

[@lonestarr1490]

Dr. Hot Doctor :D

[@nastber]

Yes! Maybe a short story for P4A? :D

[@MattAwad]

"You have two kinds of pain: the allergies causing you to sneeze and the abnormality of sneezing because it is never normal and I never sneeze."

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Meeting an impossibly beautiful and wealthy dentist in Paris is not normal. I never meet an impossibly beautiful and wealthy dentist in Paris.

[@gatsbyx26]

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[@AlyssaTheGeek]

The most relatable part of this: "Dr. I-Can't-Remember-Your-Name"

[@sarahhokanson5391]

2 favorite phrases: A) Compassionate Expert B) Dentist for the love of the game ❤️😂

[@rsalaughton]

It’s become extremely important to me that someone in Paris (or its environs) views this video, knows the celebrity dentist in question, and reconnects him with John. I need this to happen and I need the follow up video when it does.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I imagine people who run in that kind of crowd would have their managers do all the KZbin watching for them.

[@ilRosewood]

I'm a little disappointed someone hasn't figured this out by now. I mean, how many dentists can there be in Paris?

[@Akari_202]

If we found some farmers in a early 1900s photograph, we can find a wealthy 21st century Parisian dentist

[@paulatamaramohamad5794]

Please we need to know the name of this dentist! And find a picture!

[@knitterknerd]

I watched this video yesterday and just came back because I realized I *need* to see a picture of the dentist, and surely someone here would figure it out!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Amazing. I have a strong urge to animate this scene! 👀 Maybe someday. For now, this video goes into the every growing "animate this, yes?" playlist.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Yes.

[@jeka8826]

I can already see the scene where the dentist removes his helmet.

[@tenthz]

Yes!

[@yaumelepire6310]

"Parisian dentist with impossible levels of facial symmetry" is one hell of a sentence.

[@Finniaaaa]

I have to get my wisdom teeth out tomorrow so this story about dentistry is very timely and in a strange way, relatable. Thanks for the 4 min distraction from my nervousness :)

[@vlogbrothers]

Hope your dentist is a Parisian hottie who drives a motorcycle! (Or at least a compassionate expert.) -John

[@shethatsme]

As the daughter of a dental hygienist, I recommend bringing headphones for any dental procedure you’re nervous about! Nothing like a good distraction to soothe the nerves 🎧✨

[@remisica]

@@shethatsme any other hot tips? I am years deep into avoiding complex and urgently necessary dental work. And I only figured out the headphones trick the day I finally found the courage to admit to my dentist that I have been really terrified all along the long years I've only had her as my life long, avoided dentist, to please be gentler and communicate some more. And she made me cry lmao. I've not been back since, and predictably, and somehow still to my surprise, things have gotten MUCH WORSE. I read not to take calming medication before. And laughing gas is too expensive a thing in my country, so I'd really really love more hot tips please!

[@shethatsme]

@@remisica here’s my mom’s advice: if you think you’ll need a lot of work done, find a dentist that has a good reputation and may be generally more expensive just for an evaluation of the mouth (to know what you’ll need done specifically). Not everything needs to be done at the same time, chances are you can spread it out based on what is most urgent and ideally find payment plans for better and more gentle care. Reviews can mean a lot! In the meantime she recommends keeping your mouth is as clean as possible: brush carefully and clean between the teeth and don’t let food sit.

[@sofasangriamusic3337]

this was so chaotic. a rollercoaster from start to finish.

[@adag87]

I feel like John has a lot of those stories

[@beamerball666]

I think you just summed up John's biography

[@bee.smarty]

John's Anxiety: "John, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

[@lorenabpv]

i can only hear from one ear atm because i went swimming yesterday and i can't get water off my left ear. this video popped up and made me smile, thanks john for your lack of relability

[@vlogbrothers]

I am sorry for the ear discomfort. That is very unpleasant! I hope that it resolves and/or you are able to get help from a compassionate expert soon. -John

[@marshm3llow467]

I heard from a doctor that you can try pointing a hairdryer at your ear to get the water out. Sounds like a very unpleasant experience but maybe you could try it? Or just go to your own doctor if that’s available to you, I thought I’d comment incase it’s not!

[@curiousKuro16]

@@marshm3llow467 You can also just put like a hot towel on your ear or lay on a hot towel.

[@lonestarr1490]

If it's your left ear, tilt your head to the right until the ear is almost horizontal, and then with your right hand seize the upper end of your left ear and pull it towards the top of your head. If it's your right ear, you're screwed... ... just kidding. Do the same thing, _mutatis mutandis._

[@twojuiceman]

For a second I was trying to figure out what an "ear atm" was, before I realized it was an acronym for "at the moment"

[@maryforcier6021]

When the dentist showed up on a motorcycle, this could have gone very "Little Shop of Horrors"

[@SongHarmonizer]

currently working through dentophobia and dental-related trauma and I think hearing about an impossibly beautiful dentist who says things like "you have physical and psychological pain" has done more for me than the last 6 months of therapy

[@itsmekatiep]

I have dental anxiety to an extreme enough level that I am considering flying to Paris regularly to have the beautiful compassionate dentist be my regular provider.

[@pattheplanter]

Do you have a film company to blindly sign any cheque put in front of them?

[@KTRC1221]

Ear to ear smiles the entire video. Such a fun story John, even if it isn't relatable!

[@WintaAssefa]

Screw relatable! Nothing is universally relatable anyway.

[@wendybird7059]

Relatable…not the specifics…but humans helping? Makes being alive worth all the jaw clenching moments.

[@GoldenDragon403]

As a Canadian dental professional I want to see this waiting room, it sounds wild

[@fourthhorndeservesrats7584]

this is the best story, no other story will ever top this one

[@sexyscientist]

Even if the light was on?

[@handlejl225]

The first time I read Paper Towns was halfway through a week absolutely stuffed with exams and was burning myself out studying every free second for these exams until I couldn’t do it any more so I started to read PT (I’d wanted to read one of John’s books for a while). Admittedly it didn’t help me get any more sleep than studying, but it gave me the escape I needed and let me know that there was more to life than stressing over grades. I finished it in three days (it only took that long because of stupid exams getting in the way).

[@garrymugen486]

i know the moral of the story is not the "stupid exams" but how did they turn out, and did how they turn out eventually lead to something else awesome in your life? I know it's a strange q to ask but for some strange reason i feel there is one lol. No pressure replying, but i do hope it lead to great things no matter which way they went. Safe journeys.

[@booksvsmovies]

Family enough I also read Paper Towns for the first time during a stressful exam season.

[@TheMitchyevans]

This is now one of my favorite stories.

[@tabithakathlene4438]

After much drama with library holds, I finally checked out a copy of The Anthropocene Reviewed yesterday! It has been a great companion so far and kept me company while donating blood this afternoon.

[@vlogbrothers]

Great to hear. Thanks for donating blood! -John

[@taffythelogolept4490]

My needs met by a compassionate expert: I'll never forget the nurse who was my first contact when I came in for my first appointment last March to see my general physician. My husband asked me to go for a physical so we could get in there system, and I ended up breaking down about my deteriorating mental health. I explained to the nurse that I hadn't sought help yet because I didn't want to detach attention from people who needed it more. Her response was unforgettable to me. She stood in front of me, looked me square in the eye, and said "Just because there are other problems does not mean you don't have one." She helped me get an evaluation for depression and helped me schedule with their resident psychiatrist, who then set up a treatment plan for me that has slowly been helping since. Thank God for compassionate experts.

[@bennyfactor]

"So I see the Parisian dentist and he says, 'part of the pain is physical, and part of it is mental. I will fix the physical pain, but for the mental pain, treatment is simple. Great thinker John Green is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' 'But doctor, I am John Green!'"

[@kirstenroos6781]

I didn't know I needed this story but I DID and that photo of you and Cara is sooo amazing! Hahaha

[@mineola_]

Today I too experienced a compassionate expert for the first time in a long time. It was my therapist who told me she had no idea what I was trying to say while I was going on a longwinded tirade, trying to not talk about how horrible I felt while seemingly talking about it. At first I was really hurt, embarrassed and felt suoer guilty and like a bad person. But then she explained that she saw I was suffering and that I was actively making it harder to get help by doing this. And that it was my choice if I didn't want to talk about it, that I could just tell her. But if I did want to talk about it she would try and help me. And honestly that broke me in that moment. All my life I pretend I am fine, so much so that most of the time I believe it myself. And usually people accept it, but here was someone who could see past that, and still left me the choice of whether or not to deal with it.

[@alexbistagne1713]

What a lovely experience. Thanks for sharing, and good luck in future therapy.

[@woodrobin]

I refuse to believe that when he said "You have two pains: the physical pain and the psychological pain" out of his impossibly good-looking face in his Parisian accent that you didn't swoon at least a little bit. I mean, nobody's *that* heterosexual.

[@Ross_mo]

he was swooning when the dentist walked in. go back and listen to his description 😂

[@connerturner529]

You're forgetting the third option were dentist "can't remember your name" moonlights as a world renowned art thief and dentistry is just his day job cover. He was actually just wrapping up a job before seeing you, that's why he got the cool protag. hair flourish on scene entry.

[@laineylarsen245]

Headcanon accepted

[@RainaRamsay]

Oh I like this one

[@aemi5929]

This makes me think of my psychiatrist. Most psychiatrists I’ve been to (and I’ve seen many) were just throwing prescriptions at me and then I was out the door. One particularly bad experience I had a psychiatrist basically tell me to kill myself during a crisis. Now though, my current psychiatrist is literally one of the best things to happen to my mental health. They actually listen to me, they understand my history with meds and always make sure I’m comfortable, they check in multiple times a week and during appointments they actually talk to me. It’s to a point where she can immediately tell if I’m not doing well by the tone of my voice or how much I talk. Having a professional that is both knowledgeable and cares is incredible, especially for physical and mental health problems

[@tinfoil_hat7727]

I'm so sorry that happened to you. I'm actually in tears because I know that if someone had validated all my worst intrusive thoughts and encouraged me to give up when I was at my lowest, I probably wouldn't be here today. What kind of twisted person do you have to be to go into PSYCHIATRY and think that that is at all okay to say to a patient?? Best of luck to you and I hope you get all the compassion you need.

[@Rhaifha]

I mean, as a chronically ill person, I related to this story only recently. *This week* I finally had a compassionate and understanding doctor and it made me cry because I've had my fair share of horrible ones. I hope we can all find compassionate and understanding health care professionals.

[@sharpieRulestheWorld]

It warms my heart to know Nat was helping John keep calm 🥰

[@Floytie]

This literally sounds like the premise to one of your books. Highly romanticized, out of US location, and an anxious protagonist. 5 stars.

[@fengjiang4920]

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[@AloisNightmare19]

I love the moral that this unrelatable story shouldn't really be that unrelatable at all. May we all meet caring and compassionate experts this year.

[@bradnarraway9141]

Now maybe I've never been a successful author who had one his works transformed into a feature film, and maybe I've never been to Paris, and maybe I've never even met Nat Wolff or Cara Delevigne, but I'll tell you ... I did once receive compassionate treatment at the hands of a capable expert, and then an indifferent and physically unremarkable pharmacist in my home town filled my prescription for Tylenol 3, so ... you know, similar story beats! John, sometimes you and your brother are simpatico, and work together either knowingly or unknowingly to touch on similar themes and advance a cogent point across multiple videos - and then sometimes one of you is the yin to the other's yang. Both are wonderful and lovely and I wouldn't ask for it any other way.

[@pissqueendanniella4688]

"...we all deserve to find a compassionate specialist..." after a life time of sadistic medical professionals and quacks misdiagnosing me and ignoring my concerns with a "silly child" that in at least one case became a massive issue that still defines my life today and a 15 year boycott of medical professionals, I have finally FINALLY found a doctor who is a Transgender Specialist and i have yet to find out if she's compassionate (my first appointment happens to be international women's day, 8th march) but I've heard many many very good things. I wish the first part of this story was much less relatable but I'm still happy I got here eventually

[@chesh1rek1tten]

From this trans guy to you: crossing my fingers that this works out for you!

[@Molscheira]

Oh I really hope this doctor can met you where you are with the compassion you need!

[@possiblypoet]

If that dentist doesn’t make a cameo in at least ONE John Green book…

[@tass466]

The problem is that it's such an utterly unbelievable story in fiction!

[@BlazeOGlory]

He's right you know. Having a need that is capably met by a compassionate expert should be a lot more relatable. I have seen so many experts that just want to get you out of there and move on to the next patient (and I get it that there are a lot of reasons for this but I am not trying to write an entire essay here) and it is really refreshing to see someone that actually still cares. I still go to my current doctor specifically because she has me call her with updates on my mental condition even though she has absolutely no obligation to.

[@YarrBr0]

I had a terrible bicycle accident four months ago. I fractured the tibial plateau bone in my right knee and had to get surgery. An orthopedic surgeon put eight screws and a metal plate in my leg. I am still in physical therapy. It was a chaotic ordeal, but the support of family, friends, and compassionate experts has made recovery possible.

[@RamenNoodle1985]

Good lord the puff levels are amazing today!

[@secretforreddit]

Even your least relatable story still feels deeply relatable and important. You are truly a masterful storyteller!

[@mattwillows5927]

I love your storytelling, I was listening to the Fleece story recently and this video gave me that feeling.

[@SpeakShibboleth]

The thing I learned from this video: John has a mortgage. He's donated millions to charity and he has a mortgage. He's a better man than I am.

[@fatimalokhandwala6493]

Everyone deserves such a handsome dentist.

[@emmag938]

thanks for the story john! it really made me smile and laugh

[@bobboulden]

You painted such a great picture of what the dentist looked like unveiling his beautiful mane that I could see it perfectly in my mind.

[@emilyking221]

Gosh, John, I just admire you so much. I've been watching your videos since 2008 and read all your books. Your vulnerability about anxiety and depression as it has through waves within your life has helped me to acknowledge my own - akin to you, in the throes of waves as they come. - Thank you for your eloquence, talent, gratitude, generosity, intelligence, and curiosity. You inspire many people to own these qualities in themselves and to strive to learn and enjoy. DFTBA

[@toothferrin]

As a dental student, this is the most relatable story I’ve heard on this channel. Haha (I am relatively new here tho) Great content as always. Love the channel.

[@stoev7098]

Dude was rubbing shoulders with world stars in Paris and is surprised he gets send to a very expensive privet dentist, yeah unrelatable. Love you john.

[@zodayn4767]

Vezitos, please make an animation of this sexy wealthy dentist story XD we need you.

[@Apledore]

The Casablanca reference was just too perfect!

[@IcyMidnight]

I had a doctor who told me she was leaving for a new practice once. I looked up her new place seeing if I could keep seeing her. The practice a "concierge health clinic" had a $25k/year retainer fee so it turned out that I couldn't even really afford to never see her. It was the sort of place that you'd call because your kid broke their leg skiing at the mountain 3 hours out of town and then they'd arrange for a helicopter to come fetch you and while you're flying back to the city they'd call up the best bone doctor around, get them to come in on the weekend and have you sent directly to their hospital to have a cast applied. I suspect your dentist was that sort of dentist.

[@AgentMaayan]

This is, surprisingly, exactly the story I needed to hear today. It's a need that was capably met by a compassionate expert, funnily enough. Thanks, John!

[@radagastwiz]

At a hotel that fancy, when the concierge gets you a dentist, they get you a DENTIST.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Ha ha

[@monkiram]

I'm starting my psychiatry residency in July and I loved this story. I hope to be a compassionate expert to my patients

[@Eeraleye]

Oh wow! I didn't realise how much I needed this 🤣. Love it! Thanks, John, for bringing a good laugh into my somewhat dismal day 😊

[@devanbrowne8706]

I hope someone is able to recognize that dentist from your description and let him know how he touched your life. The other possibility is that there are enough Parisian dentists matching that glowing description that it can't be narrowed down to just one. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that.

[@Naiyelli]

This video really shows how good of a storyteller John is!

[@mari6294]

I loved my childhood dentist so much i used to get excited to go and was very confused when i learned that it’s a common fear. I’m so grateful for kind healthcare workers. They can set a life long precedent in your mind.

[@AnneleenRoesems]

Being helped by a compassionate expert is honestly the best and I'm happy to say that it has happened to me before. You made me appreciate it more!

[@Sinyk2u]

Thank you John for reminding me that the things we take forgranted are the things that matter the most. Like breathing, drinking water and of course unclenching your jaw.

[@christianhuble4986]

This is my favourite John Greene story. The Parisian Dentist should be a future novel.

[@TheAGcollector101]

I'll never forget one time in high school, i was in the parking lot after school waiting for my sister to get to the car so we could go home. All of a sudden, this guy pulls up on a motorcycle, in a black leather jacket and black leather pants, as if he came out of the musical Greece or something. Then this girl came and got on the back of his bike, and she was gorgeous too. Then the two rode off, it was as if they were actors in a movie. I think about that still sometimes.

[@marcusklaas4088]

I love that even after a millennium of making vlogbrother videos John still produces stories that he hasn't told before yet. And such a good one too!

[@buffienguyen]

I too would also like my needs met by highly qualified, insanely attractive, possibly very rich, motorbike-riding, and leather jacket-wearing professionals

[@shethatsme]

For all the folks commenting about dental anxiety, most places should allow you to have headphones for more complicated procedures - you know if a certain quotable Parisian is unavailable.

[@ashleyknight1384]

John, I am not a beat selling author, nor do I have tens of thousands of dollars to get comforted by handsome dentists that have fancy art in their waiting room. I do however have crippling ADHD and ptsd that has gone unchecked for many many years. This week I have an appointment to finally get medicated for these things after 10 years of try and receiving improper treatment. Your wish that I get to see a compassionate expert to capably dead with a need of mine is far more thoughtful and appreciated than you realise.

[@rabbitwho]

Now I'm imagining that in Paris, even the dentists with no money have paintings, like it's the first thing you buy when you are a dentist, like before you buy a dentist chair you get a painting and people can look at the painting while they lie down on the floor and you promise them you are saving up for a chair for next time

[@Reeezeful]

Who else is low key jealous of John to have a picture holding Cara Delevingne in his arms, while being in paris. And the best thing ever about is that every other male would be "omg that's the best 5 seconds of my life" while I imagine Johns brain going sth like this "THIS IS SO AWKWARD; GET ME OUT OF HERE" - and I love that

[@jonasw3945]

The least relatable thing here is that you most likely paid less in that fancy dentist in paris than any medical experience here in the USA

[@mommys-lil-tortlet]

John one of the things i really like about you is the level of privacy you keep in your life. I love your writing, I love being apart of this community, I love getting insights in to how you think, but I've never thought to myself "I feel like I know John". I don't and that's because you keep much of yourself private and I have such a respect for that. Thank you for letting us have these windows in to your life.

[@Noah-yj9uu]

It wouldn’t be a tuesday video without a surprisingly earnest moment - i’m currently in the hospital recovering from surgery and yeah, i relate to the wish for a compassionate expert. but i also almost woke up my roommate laughing because of “the impossible levels of facial symmetry”. wonderful story john, hope you won’t collect anymore of these, seems like you have enough for a lifetime

[@kumquatlich]

I mean, no offense to John's meaning but this is definitely a story about how being poor is expensive, and wealth is more privilege than it is purchasing power. It's easy to imagine a person with the same toothache being out of work for a week waiting for a dental appointment. Haing the tooth awkwardly removed, weeks of pain and discomfort, buying a fake tooth or teeth paying to get them fitted etc. But for someone on a press junket it's a lunchbreak with the hot Parisian dentist and back to the opulent hotel room. This isn't a criticism of John or the story. Just what the story made me think of.

[@silverandexact]

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[@shannon4126]

real ones saw the tik tok🤞🤞

[@vlogbrothers]

only if they happened to be online during those eleven minutes ;) -John

[@vaibhav6826]

No Tik Tok in my country

[@davidott9559]

I absolutely love the stories you guys tell. You’re always so down to earth and it helps me see how beautiful life can be through the ups and the downs. dftba John and Hank!

[@dark_neverland]

And yet somehow these stories are always still relatable