The tooth that troubled me

 

Hey guys,

 I am Ansh Mehrotra and this is my first blog. This blog is about when I faced something which not only me but lot of people start getting goosebumps at the name of it.

I admit that I am a big wimp when it comes to things like- vaccinations, operations, extractions, root canals and basically all such things (you get the idea I suppose.) The fear I faced was tooth extraction😓😓😓.

Before any misunderstandings come across you dear reader, I just want to make it clear that my teeth are perfectly fine and there are no frequent problems. My sister though, has a lot of problems with her teeth. She has become a regular visitor to the dentist.
She has faced problems like tooth decay like a hundred times (ok, maybe hundred and ten hahaha), root canals and also tooth extraction. She was basically used to all this. When she went to the dentist I sat outside enjoying the comfort, playing with the toys and wondering how really good my teeth are😁. I never thought this day would come across.

Then in November, 2018 I had this white bulge coming above both my canines in the upper jaw. When consulted the doctor he said that it is an extra tooth 😠(come on, man) and I had two choices-
1. Either eat hard stuff like carrots (yuck) or almonds and break the permanent tooth

OR
2. You guessed it- Tooth Extraction

My expressions when I heard option 2-.😓😢😟😟

Even with all those A+ teeth I have to do this. The doctor had given me a deadline of the second week of December and you wouldn't believe how much I delayed it. Try guessing. 

Congratulations to the people who guessed APRIL!!! I know right, I postponed it by 5 months because I was so scared, half the time I didn't let my parents come to that topic and in March I told them that exams were nearing and I can't afford to be distracted(I am smart that way).

But to my surprise my dad took an appointment of April 14, exactly 2 days after my exams were supposed to get over and they didn't tell me this until my exams ended so that I don’t get distracted(that backfired on me😟).

 

April 14, 2019

I know guys, the big day. The day where someone plucks my tooth out (did I tell you that I couldn't break my teeth with almonds and carrots, oh the unfairness).
The night before the extraction I couldn't sleep till 1a.m in the night.

The next day during the whole way in the car I was freaked out. My body was full of nervous energy. It was like a helium
balloon was being inflated inside me waiting to be popped😟😟😟. When we reached the dentist's place I was too reluctant to go up. It was as if I was going to jump in a well. At this moment thinking of it strongly reminds me of the day in which my mom surprised me by taking me to the doctor to get vaccinated, but that, my friends is another story which I will share soon with you. Anyway, where was I, oh! right, my doomsday.

The dentist's clinic was on the 2nd floor. The whole building was basically a complex and the dentist's office was a small part of it. When we reached up there I was sweating, but not from exertion of climbing the stairs (2 floors are not tiring), but from fear. Inside the office we were to wait for our appointment. For the waiting of the patients there were a number of toys in the waiting room. Normally during my sister's appointments I used to sit outside enjoying with the toys (as I mentioned above), but that day I was too nervous to even move from my place.
It was very tedious waiting there my heart beating as fast as a cheetah. I guess it almost skipped a beat when I heard the words-"Ansh Mehrotra, the doctor will see you now"😓😓.

My feet were literally shivering as I made my way inside the dentist's room.
He smiled at me and told me to sit on the chair. I saw all those pointy tools that you see at a dentist's clinic, if you have ever been to one. The doctor saw where I was staring and laughed. He told me those tools were not for me, which still didn't exactly reassure me. I didn't know how trustworthy a dentist was.

 

Out of his drawer he took out a cream which he said was a kind of anesthesia. He said it didn't make my nerves dormant completely but it will reduce the pain (ugh...enough biology). He then took out a pair of small pliers which I immediately knew would be used to pluck out my tooth.

He put the cream which gave me a tingling sensation in my gums. He said he would also give me an injection to give the complete effect of the anesthesia, but I wasn't going to put an injection on my gums. I told him that I'd rather bear the pain than put an injection, and he agreed.

He then put the pliers to my teeth. I waited for the immense fountain of pain to come over me. A wave of adrenaline washed through me. He held it and- PLUCK! Then another PLUCK! At first I was surprised because it felt like nothing. It was hardly any pain, and that, coming from me really means there was no pain. The doctor put cotton between the teeth which were extracted.
The extraction was complete😌😌😌.

But after that it did hurt a lot. My gums felt like there were thorns in it. The whole way back it hurt a lot.

I think I wasted a lot of time being scared even though facing it was so easy (of course I didn't know that back then). Also as I said it was hurting a little on the way back, but I got to face my fear (oh and I also got some ice cream🍨🍨🍨🍨😀😀😀).

Anyway guys that was it for today. I will surely write back about more incidents. If you liked this blog of mine then please subscribe and comment your views about the blog, until we meet again, bye guys😉😉.

-Ansh Mehrotra