I finally said “FUCK IT” and went to the dentist.

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Actually it wasn’t so bad o.O

I’ve been fearing dentist all these years since I was 15 and it’s actually nothing. Well of course, if I go to public government hospital, I would come out terrified right now cuz even though they’re free, I -

1) hate the place and environment
2) Everyone there is scary
3) HATE THE ENVIRONMENT (can’t stress enough)

Call me stuckup or fussy or picky but when I go somewhere I care for the environment.. if it looks cozy, comfy enough, that’s the place for me. Second thing is customer service, if they’re friendly or not. I don’t really care money though. I’ll dig up the ground to search for buried treasure if I have to, just to pay for good service and comfy environment (or in better words, ‘high class’ looking)

My first choice was DentalPro (Bangsar Utama), where the place is so comfy and relaxing and nice… but I bet it’s expensive.. plus it’s quite far from where I’m staying. Maybe I’ll go there for other treatment someday. Yesterday I stumbled across the ISmile Dental Center (Damansara Uptown) website and found out it’s just 5 minutes from my place. The place looks good so I decided to give it a try. The place looks comfy enough :)

The reception area

Rooms….

…and part of the waiting area. This place has wifi :)

I went in today and my dental checkup was done by Dr. Amy Chin. She was nice and gentle. She explained to me about my teeth problems.. well surprisingly enough, my teeth didn’t have much problems considering I haven’t gone to the dentist for like years…o.o; I just need to do 3 fillings (one at the back, and two at the front which is noticeable in my pictures)… now what about my swollen gum? She said there’s 2 possible reasons - infection or wisdom tooth. I need an xray first because we don’t know. You can see the wisdom tooth coming out halfway on my right side of mouth but left side we can’t see.

So what she did was explaining about teeth, problems and stuff… then we proceed to the standard stuff - scaling and polishing. Now I remember I did scaling back in high school.. that’s what caused my fear of dentist. The dentist did the scaling at my high school and OH MY GOD. I had tears running down my cheeks… it was hurting so bad. She didn’t even do it properly because she was rushing and all and was so ROUGH. That was the cause of my phobia. With Dr Amy, first she put numbing cream (which tasted like raspberry) on the swollen gum area..and gave an injection. Even the injection didn’t hurt much unlike last time at the government hospital. Then the procedure started. Of course, the pain is there but it wasn’t THAT bad as I thought it would be. They put headphones on me so I’d hear music instead of the scary machine sound lol. Music was soothing, I would’ve fallen asleep if I wasn’t being jabbed by the needle.

After it was done.. she taught me how to correctly floss the teeth. Then I was told to go downstairs to get an xray and I did. After waiting for 20 minutes I went back up and gave the xray to Dr Amy. FUCK. There we go. Now you can CLEARLY see the fucked up wisdom teeth (one that’s not visible and buried) in the xray.. it’s like way tilted (or HORIZONTAL IMPACTION to be precise). So that’s what causing me the pain and swelling.

And the verdict?

Fucking surgery. I need a fucking surgery. However, there’s a complication. Both of my wisdom teeth are very close to the nerves. They can’t take the risk so I’d have to be referred to a specialist. Ack. The thing is, if I wanna be sedated during the surgery (which is a definite yes since I don’t wanna be awake during the surgery!) it’s going to cost me Rm1200+ per tooth. Oh My God. Thank god it’s not a serious case so I can put it on hold. However I’m going back there for 2 fillings first this Friday.

Overall my first trip to the dentist after years wasn’t so bad. I’m actually looking forward now for the next treatment. Even though I’ve burned RM170 (which isn’t too bad - scaling, polishing, antibiotic, painkiller and xray)… now I’m broke again. The filling might cost me another RM240. Blah. Hopefully mom can ‘repay’ me back lol. I’m only using my money now cuz she hasn’t got her pension yet. I need all the money back to buy external hard disk and laptop cooler and possible other stuff at the pc fair this early April.

Ouwwwww my mouth is throbbing now.. but I’m very relieved there was nothing serious…oh I want thank my babe Aaron for encouraging me to go to the dentist. If not, I would not have gone :P I’d be living in fear and fucked up teeth for the rest of my life. Thanks sweetie. Mwah.