There is an old saying ‘Dentists are bad people’ and I know it’s true because I just went to one yesterday.
Last few weeks, my gums had experienced swelling, bleeding and reddening. I think the Saturn, Mercury or whichever planets retrograde has affected my gums too. Therefore I decided to visit the dentist.
I filled out the form which asked questions like what was the problem, if had ever visited a dentist before & what kind of treatment was I looking for. What kind of treatment I was looking for? What kind of a question is this? Isn’t the doc suppose to decide the answer to this question? There I was already freaked out. I did not fill in anything for that question. I finished with the questionnaire and the lady at the reception told me to take a seat. I was just reading the banner which mentioned the treatments they specialized in. And one of the treatment really got to me. It said HealOzone Procedures. What could this be? Ozone depletion has started affecting the teeth & gums too.
Just when my mind was wandering 360 degrees, the lady called out my name and asked me to go to Room No.05. I entered the cabin and what looked back at me was a cute, handsome face. I never knew dentists were good looking. Anyways, I decided to put up my charming self to him. He asked me the questions which I religiously answered. But somehow I knew the worse was soon to come.
He told me to lay on the dentists’ chair. And the inevitable happened. He told me to open up my mouth which I did – reluctantly. And he winced. ‘Tch tch tch, now I know why you are here’ he said. ‘You have been following improper oral hygiene’. And suddenly my cheeks were redder than my gums. I dint say a word.
Then he told me that there was cleaning required. He put on a bib-like thing around me. He pulled out a miniature driller –like equipment. He told me that on scale of 1-5 it would hurt only 2.3. He started off with the cleaning. It felt ok till the driller reached my gums. It felt like a Mike Tyson 400 watt punch. And he slowly says it may hurt a little more around the gums. I was thinking Yes, on the scale of 1-5 maybe 15. Only if that guy wasn’t good looking like he was I would have yanked out of my chair & spelled out some obscenities.
I finally rinsed my mouth. He asked me to go check my teeth in the mirror. It felt amazing. I felt a whole new me. Just when I was thinking that the whole painful experience was worth it. He handed over the bill to me. And the pain returned.
3 comments:
bena u so have reminded me of my braces days. believe me, u cant damage ur teeth any more than what that treatment does.... after that u r just basically thankful u have a substantially (whole) set of teeth which can address the basics of biting, chewing and not falling off.... i actually remember the cleaning that u experienced, as the release point. it was the last ritual after the whole removal, etc of the braces!!!
see how only a position chnage can change a whole perspective..!!.. the only plus that i feel now in retrospect is that u no longer fear the dentist, he begins to fear u! (i actually made him repeat the whole treatment cause it relapsed, which was my fault..hehe!!!)
have aagal vadh ne, daant ne chodi ne..... BLOG BLOG.... dying to read more!
I am still in a trauma. Arre daat saathe maaru wallet pan clean kari naykhu. :(
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