After much deliberation I finally gave in and made a dentist appointment. My tooth - that was supposedly fixed 2 months ago - has been incredibly sensitive which has serious side effects for those of us with ice cream addiction (it may be an addiction but I do not a problem, just so you know). Still I blame Aquafresh for my woes.
I hate visiting the dentist as it is but visiting one where you can't speak the language is worse. And while my charades skills are on the level of epic awesome, I am was not entirely confident about using them in the company of large pliers and drills (especially when trying to mime "I lost a baby tooth when I was younger and there was no adult one underneath and they squashed the rest together with braces to fill the gap").
The other fear lies in the abilities of Japanese dentists. I have seem some of the teeth here and from my guess it dental technology was first introduced with the internet. It is pretty bad. I saw one old woman at the bus stop once with 3 top teeth poking straight out of her mouth - it was horrifying. The good news is that apparently it is getting better. Loads of my kids at school have braces.
I wasn't able to make an appointment, you walk in and wait. Dentists worldwide have the same smell. Which was slightly comforting. There is one room with 3 chairs and workstations with tiny separations so that you hear the others being tortured.
It took my dentist a couple seconds to tell me there was no hole and that they would try to fix the problem with 3 treatments of medicine. He also checked them all and I had them cleaned. And they have never felt cleaner. Though I didn't need my supervisor to translate the reprimand I was given by the nurse for not flossing enough. She also then showed me how I should be brushing my teeth.
Usually I hate the dentist. I sit in the chair crying silent tears while they proud me and drill. I think the awkwardness of being unable to understand anything, which is always amusing, made it a little bit less painful and a bit more of an adventure.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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