Thursday, October 15, 2015

Scared of the Dentist

¨You have caries in various teeth, ¨she exclaimed.

¨What am I supposed to do? ¨ I asked

¨I´m going to get your teeth clean of caries and you will have to take care of your teeth afterwards, ¨she explained.

¨That means washing cleaning and eating more healthy food, right? ¨ I inquired.

¨More or less, ¨ she answered.

She began to work on one of my back teeth right away. The procedure did not hurt a bit, as she applied local anesthesia. What bothered me a little was the posture in which I remained for 30 or so minutes and a tiny extracting liquid hose inside my mouth.

¨Your next appointment is for next week, ¨ she uttered.

I left the dentist office with a sense of relief, but also with a sense of disgust due to that during the first treatment, I could hardly swallow saliva and she would not give a single moment of break.

One week later, I was right on time in front of the dentist´s office.

¨Come on in, ¨ someone said.
¨How are you doing today? ¨ She asked me.

¨Good! but I still have sensitive teeth each time I drink, either cold or hot liquids,¨ I explained.

¨Sit here, ¨she ordered.

This time, she did not injected anesthesia locally

¨Does it hurt? ¨ she asked.

¨Not yet, ¨ I answered.
She laid all her weight on the right side of my shoulder and placed her face very close to my mouth.

When she finished, I was exhausted. Not because of the treatment, but because she had been more rough while doing her work.

For the next set appointment, I had already programmed it, but on the exact day, I did not go to the dentist´s office, instead, I went to the super market and acquired everything needed for mouth care and I did this to avoid the unpleasant moments that caused me being under the dentist menacing working tools and all of her human weight over half part of my body.


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