The Things They Carried The Dentist Summary

Tim wasn't a huge fan of Curt Lemon – he thought the guy was too cocky, too self-involved. But he wants to tell us a story about Curt Lemon anyway.
Once, when it was quiet, the higher-ups send an Army dentist out to the soldiers to check their teeth.
Lemon starts to panic. While he is pretty fearless in combat, he really hates dentists.
When he walks into the dentist's tent, he faints.
After he wakes up, he sulks for a while.
Later that night, he goes to the dental tent and tells the dentist that he has a horrible toothache and he needs to have a tooth pulled.
The dentist says that there's nothing wrong with his teeth, but Lemon insists, so the dentist pulls the tooth.
After that, Lemon is back to normal.