Ah Ber has a bad toothache. When I said BAD…..its really BAD…..cos those who know me always know I will give a neutral answer one if not very bad….I will always say “Ok” if its not too bad. And this time my tooth is really hurting BAD. To the extent I cannot eat properly. Even eating plain, soft-boiled rice is a chore for me.
So Ah Ber went to the dentist at 7.30pm today cos she cannot “tahan” already and also the tot of saturday going to kulai to eat again gives me the motivation and the courage to go visit the dentist.
Why am I scared of the dentist?
Cos
1. the drilling is so bad that I can have headache for the whole day.
2. the sounds of the machinery can make all my hair stand cos I hate screeching sounds.
3. My mouth is being forced to let strangers invade.
4. My lips will be so dry that they will crack.
5. My lips will be pulled here and there and they will split at the ends.
6. THE PAIN.
Last but not least, a dentist was drilling my tooth and THE WHOLE DRILL DISINTEGRATED – meaning it jus went into pieces…..3 parts and the dentist and me were so shocked. She had to take a tweezer to pick out the 3 parts in my mouth….so damn scary lor…
So I AM REALLY SCARED OF THE DENTIST…..to the extent I wrote a living will before I went ok….
So I jus took a deep breath and walked into the dentist’s clinic. There was no patients waiting. I’m thinking – DIE….is he so bad that no one likes to come here…..Anyway the nurse was quite nice.
And when I went to sit on the dentist chair…..I WISHED all my might that I rather have a tequila shot then face the REAL DENTIST, even though I will never touch tequila again.
So he asked me when was the last time I visited a dentist and I said long time ago…he asked why I said I am scared of dentists…..and he asked me why I am here. I told him I have many holes (in my teeth) and wants to have fillings done. He asked how I know there were many holes. I SAID……PAIN la…..ai yo…..
So he looked at my holes (in the teeth). I pointed out to the one that was bothering me severly. It was a molar with a huge hole in it. And he did a few experiments to determine if it was really hurting and the extent of the decay. He poked my tooth, shook it, used his dentist instrument to knock it….then decided to take an x-ray.
After the x-ray, the bad news was that the decay spread to the nerves and the tooth has to be either extracted or to do a root canal…..and I chose to have a root canal reason being I had already extracted the molar next to it few years back and if I extract the remaining molar, I will really be an Ah Ma without tooth and have to eat blended foods like porriage cos I cant chew on the left side…..
So today I did another filling for a cracked tooth that split into half. He injected anesthetic and the best part was I didnt even know when the needle went in…..his injection skill is wonderful lor….then he started to drill and I really had a headache and I know it will last till tomorrow lor….then he filled up the crack and off I went…..
Total damage for today = $75/-
And my rite side of my face is numb. I nearly bit my tongue cos it was numb and I didnt realise it was my tongue…hahahahahaha…
So I scheduled the root canal operation for tomorrow at 1.30pm. Rina and kenji asked if I need them to be with me – Rina even offered to hold my hand…..but dun worry la…..jus pray hard that the surgeon put enough anesthetic to numb everything or else I will feel the pain….
The procedure is as follows….
1. The dentist will inject anesthetic into the nerves of the tooth thru the gums.
2. He will drill to make a hole from the top to the bottom of the tooth thru the centre of the tooth.
3. He will dig and dig and dig for the nerves.
4. He will clean the tooth and make a mould for a crown to be on top of my tooth to cover the hole.
THIS IS NOT THE BAD NEWS YET…..
The bad news is, my molar is next to my wisdom tooth and to make a crown, they have to extract the wisdom tooth as well……so next week, I’ll have another operation to extract the wisdom tooth…..then after which maybe 2-3weeks later when my wound healed and the mould done, I can then put the crown on my molar…..
Total Damage is estimated to be = $1,500/- to $1,600/-
Die lor…..even more expensive than my junior leh….who can sponsor me????