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A Visit to a Dentist
The dentist was a strong man. He grabbed my arm and effortlessly guided me onto the chair. I lay down with my heart pounding in unison with the pain in my head and tooth..“Relax and open your mouth,” the dentist commanded. For such a huge man he had such a soft gentle voice..
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A Visit to a Dentist
All through the night, I lay awake with a terrible toothache. Aspirins and pain – killers provided some relief but the pain returned with greater intensity when the effects of the medicine wore off. This bad tooth should have been pulled out long ago, but I kept on postponing my visit to the dentist. I dreaded hypodermic syringes and whining drills. I had this terrible fear of dentist.
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A Long Painful Night
When morning finally came, I sighed with relief. It had been a long painful night. In addition, insomnia had given me a headache. My eyes were red and my mouth felt parched. What a state I was in. Never in my life had I felt this bad before.
I arrived early at the dental surgery. However there were others still earlier than me. So after registering my name with the receptionist, I sat down gloomily on one of the chairs in the waiting room. There were newspapers and magazines available for reading but somehow they did not seem appealing. Music was played through two gigantic loudspeakers in the waiting room. I vaguely recognized a couple of songs. They were my favorite songs but they did not sound good at all at that time. All I felt was the mind – numbing pain. I wished that my turn would come soon.
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Staggered into a Surgery
For about forty five minutes, I fidgeted impatiently on my seat. When my name was called, I hardly heard it because my ears were ringing as well. They felt as though a thousand bells were ringing at the same time.
I staggered into a surgery.
A huge man in white uniform and face – mask greeted me. He asked what was wrong. I uttered a few words in reply while pointing my finger towards the offending tooth. He understood me.
He motioned me onto a large reclining chair that was fitted with all sorts of gadgets. I saw the formidable drilling apparatus, the pliers, the syringes and the other torture devices. I broke out into goose – bumps. I wanted to get out.
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The Dentist
The dentist was a strong man. He grabbed my arm and effortlessly guided me onto the chair. I lay down with my heart pounding in unison with the pain in my head and tooth.
“Relax and open your mouth,” the dentist commanded. For such a huge man he had such a soft gentle voice.
I obeyed instantly. His voice soothed me. I felt calmer and relaxed. He peered into my mouth.
One look was enough to tell him that he had to extract. He indicated his intention. I nodded dumbly in reply.
I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst. Presently I felt the prick of the hypodermic needle piercing my gum. Then magically the toothache, the headache and the wild beating of the heart seemed to vanish. All I heard was the gentle voice of the giant dentist and the far – off feeling of somebody probing inside my mouth. I kept my eyes closed, enjoying the sudden peace that had descended upon me. In my mind’s eye, I saw myself fishing by the fish – pond just when the sun was setting. I felt the cool breeze and beautiful silence of the countryside. I felt happy.
The next thing I knew was the dentist shaking my shoulder.
“Hey, it’s over now, I’ve extracted the bad tooth. ”
I could hardly believe what I heard. My bad tooth was extracted and I did not feel it at all! What a fantastic man this dentist was! He must be a hypnotist or a magician. I always thought that tooth extraction was a traumatic event. Instead it returned out quite painlessly and almost pleasantly.
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Unnecessary Anxiety
I got up from my seat and looked at the smiling face of the dentist. He had removed his face – mask. He wore an understanding smile on his face. I thanked him profusely even though he warned me not to, for he had placed a cotton wad on the new wound where the tooth had been.
Outside the surgery I saw a dozen anxious faces waiting their turn. I smiled at them and their unnecessary anxiety. I paid my bill and stepped lightly through the door onto the bright sunlit street.
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I agree it is unnecessary anxiety. However visiting dentist is always unpleasant thing. Will be very cheerful when it is end.
I will hate it for ever – hated it as a child and it has never got any better.
Sometimes our fears are greater than the thing we are afraid of , for sure Mr Ghaz
Great article, yes the things we fear most, often turn out to be quite harmless.
Hate dentist visits. Good show, though.
I loved that read. I am so glad you didn’t feel pain during the extraction. Dentists are not the tyrants they were once perceived.
Christine
great article, Mr. Ghaz , you know I have a sister who is a dentist, i’ll recommend you.
Great article, I hate visits to the dentist!
The needles and all at the dentist doesn’t really bother me. What I dread is having to take these large anitbotic pills before and after the visit. I’ve never been too good at swallowing pills.
Fun descriptive piece! arrgh dentists
My sister refuses her visits to the dentists. The last time she went to an appointment was 10 years ago.
I dread the dentist. Funny piece, but makes me hate the dentist even more.
I dislike dentist…..but i did like the end of your article i am glad for you, you did not feel the pain….they cannot do anesthesia on me it does not work more then 15 minutes so it is always terrible pain even if they do another anesthesia it is the same..that is why i dislike that.
You/ll have a lot of friends on this one Mr. Ghaz. Going to the dentist is not viewed as fun to most people. A great article.
Monica
Dentist- needed,but hated. Not a job that I would want
I had a terrible tooth ache like that once. That’s the most horrible pain I’ve ever experienced, turns out that my jaw had no space for my wisdom tooth and that had created the pains. I had to take my wisdom tooth out.
I love visiting my dentist, actually — super nice guy and he does a great job. I like this article!
Excellent article of the anxiety and relief of seeing the dentist.
You must have scared a lot of people today mrghaz =) Hopefully they were scared straight into a good home treatment program. I swear by oil swishing (google it) and have not had any more scary dentist visits. So I could enjoy this post =P
I go every six months but by far it is not my favorite thing to do. Good write.
More dentist’s need to be like him!
great article… will surely give hope to the one visiting dentist next.
Definately an unecessary anxiety, most of us hate going,
but if we take care of ourselves, the exams shouldnt be that bad
I have to see my dentist tomorrow. I don’t hate it anymore,
nore have a fear/anxiety
Definately a great write!!
it’s such a good read, mr.ghaz!