Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Dental Dilema

After a lot of thought and deliberation i had to make the unavoidable trip to the Dentist. I was not sure why i was going there.. i mean my teeth were just aching a little (very little) when i had cold or hot water but that didn't deter my husband from making the most of this opportunity.

Man, how could he miss the chance to see me cringe at the site of the dentist. And then he promised me he would take me to this best place in the town. We took an appointment for a Saturday, I entrusted my son to my mom for the whole day (you can never trust these dentists and their treatments). A little surprisingly though i got a remainder call for my appointment on Friday - you are not allowed to forget your miseries seemed to be their motto.

I went ahead of time ( thanks to my husband's time sense) and then we were asked to wait for a while. The there was this lanky-panky looking tall guy in one coat who came over and examined my teeth and told me not to worry - just a toothpaste would do.

PHEW.. what a relief - i thought.

BUT he began - both your wisdom teeth are likely to be a problem very soon so we must extract them as soon as possible. I looked at my husband, he was amused and entertained and doubtful all together. I could read his mind. Amused because finally the dentist was not letting me go without any treatment. Entertained because this irritated me to no end.

Doubtful, coz he was wondering why all the wisdom i had only manifested itself in my teeth and not elsewhere.

The he gave me an appointment for the next week, but i got cold and fever during that time so i am successfully postponing the much warranted trip for "Tooth extraction".

Someone just said
"There are 2 Types of problems - Physical and Mental, but one that is both is DENTAL"