Today, I finally went to a dentist…
And what a small world it is; It turns out his older brother used to work in the Tunisian embassy in Jordan and I know him very well.
He took a look at my teeth and told me there was a lot of work to be done, as if I didn’t know that already. In fact, I could’ve told him what each tooth needed, but well, I’m paying him for that, so no need to help him out.
He said it seemed like I really liked sweets and that I must’ve been to many dentists in my lifetime; I just smiled, I thought it better to keep my feelings of hatred towards dentists to myself at this moment, especially with me lying on a horizontal chair and him staring into my mouth with a bunch of drills nearby.
I told him which tooth was hurting me the most, and we decided to start with that one.
I knew it needed root canal treatment, and I knew the exact procedure so well I could’ve actually guided him through it, so I didn’t even bother to ask what he was going to do and he didn’t elaborate much either.
After injecting around my tooth with a local anesthetic, he started drilling, drilling and drilling until I felt like there was nothing actually left of my tooth.
I remember feeling that same feeling the last time I had a root canal treatment on the parallel tooth a few years back in Jordan.
That’s when he pulled out this tiny screw-like thingie, that hints at his hidden intentions with this tool. He injected more anesthetic into the tooth (Ouch! Pain!) and started cleaning up the 3 root canals (Yucky feeling!).
Then he just stuffed some cotton in my tooth and told me to go home and come back next week for more work and to finish that tooth up.
I’m now at home writing this, still not feeling the left side of my mouth and with a numb lower lip and tongue, passionately waiting for next week’s appointment.
Aren’t dentists just a bunch of fun to be around?!
haha tomorrow I’ll go to dentist too grrrr looks to be the season after a summer full of ice cream and icy water 😀
haha! You only hate dentists because the only time you visit them is when your teeth are in really bad condition. 🙂 If you do the bi-yearly check-ups your image of them wouldn’t be so bad.
Get well soon!
I’m so happy you finally went 🙂 I have to admit that I got really worried when I heard him drilling for a long time without a break, poor MMM 🙂
Jenn said what I always tell you 😉 I totally agree with you Jenn.
And good luck Hatem 😉
Glad to hear you made it to a dentist. Which one did you finally decide to go to? And overall would you recommend this particular dentist for root canal treatments?
Best wishes to everyone who must endure the dental chair now and in the near future!
Hatem, good luck 🙂 Hope he’s a good one 🙂
Jenn, yeah maybe. I just wish God could’ve made teeth stronger 😛
Eman, you’re next 😉
Jmarie, well I ended up with like 3 or 4 recommendations, who all seemed to be very good dentists, so we called them all up to see who we could schedule the closest appointment with: This guy won 😛 I got the appointment with him for 1 week after our call.
As for if he’s good or not, well up to now I think he’s really good. The only time I felt any pain was when he was injecting some anasthetic into the tooth roots, and I guess that is something that hurts no matter who the dentist is. It just hurts for a fraction of a second and then the pain is gone. It was the same with the dentist I went to in Jordan who did root canal treatment on another one of my teeth.
Anyway, I’ll be going back next week for him to finish up the treatment and then will be doing some other work on some of my other teeth, so when I’m all done, I can give a better review of his work and prices 🙂 I’ll let you know for sure 🙂
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