Sensitivity to the Dentists' drill?

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This one for me is a major sensory challenge. As soon as I hear that drill wine at high speeds it sends an electric shock-like sensation through my body. I actually wince during these moments.

Is this an aspie thing?

My reaction is identical to yours.

For me. It's not so much the drill as it is the ultrasonic plaque remover wand. The high pitch sound that thing make just make my head hurt.

Drills never bothered me much.

The thing that bothers me is keeping my mouth open for long periods of time while they drill/clean. I come home and my jaws ache for a while afterwards.

i also hate the smell of tooth-enamel dust

As a child, I used to have gas for any drilling, and now have injections. It still doesn't take away the whole feeling, and my old dentist was very good at spotting when it was hurting me, or when I needed to take a swallow, and let me take a moment to take a deep breath before he carries on, and didn't make a fuss about it.
So sad when he retired and I had to use the practice that took over his patients.

What really really hurts me, though, is the high pressure cold water they use to remove plaque - I actually screamed a couple of years ago and pushed the dentist's hand away. She told me (I'm not a kid!) to stop being silly!
So I asked for a different dentist in the practice for the next appointment, and now refuse the plaque removal (I've never had a problem with plaque, and the dentists IMHO just do it to push up their fees)