(Chinese below, English is translated by google)
Many people may be like me, afraid of going to the dentist. Even if it’s just a normal inspection, my heart becomes inexplicably nervous, and different scenarios are preset in my mind, such as:
“Oh, you have cavities, you need fillings!”
“Hey, you have a lot of tartar on your teeth, have you brushed and flossed properly?”
“Sadly, I think you need surgery!”
“Actually, your teeth are really crooked, and orthodontics is the only way out.”
Sometimes, the condition of your teeth may not be very bad, but being misunderstood by the dentist and being slandered by the dentist makes you feel that going to the dentist is just paying for it.
I hated going to the dentist as a child. When I was in elementary school, I had dental care once a year. The whole class went to check their teeth together and learn how to brush their teeth correctly. Nine times out of ten, I was the last person to crawl out of the dentist’s clutches. I’m also to blame, because I didn’t brush my teeth properly! I tried closing the toilet door and turning on the faucet to make the sound of running water pretend to be brushing my teeth. Result? Tooth decay of course!
The teeth are naturally irregular. If you do not brush your teeth well and use dental floss to clean the gaps between the teeth, bacteria and calculus will accumulate, which will inflame the gums. When you brush your teeth, you will often bleed your teeth. Even eating an apple will cause your teeth to bleed! This is how periodontal disease comes about. If you leave it alone, the gums will shrink, the teeth will not stand firmly, and you will lose your teeth when you get old.
I understand all these reasons, but I am afraid of going to the dentist. I always procrastinate and procrastinate, and my teeth bleed every day, and one day I say to myself: “How long will it be delayed? Anyway, the insurance premium has been paid, so I don’t want to go to the dentist.” The dentist is your loss!” Paying money but not getting the service turned out to be the biggest motivation to go to the dentist, ha!
The dental clinic I visited in Dusseldorf, Germany, is a dental clinic for Chinese people. The dentist can speak Chinese, and the front desk can speak Cantonese! Immediately feel a little more relaxed, at least what you hear is familiar language.
When you are lying on the operating bed and ready to be mermaid, I am still trembling, looking at those metal hook-shaped instruments, and hearing the instruments go back and forth between the teeth, “zi….zi….zi….”, Nerves are compressed and cannot relax throughout the process.
Before treating me, the dentist told me: “I’m going to have my teeth pulled tomorrow!” “Why?” Holding an anesthesia gun, he said to me: “I will anesthetize your entire mouth first, and it will hurt a little when the anesthesia is administered!” Then he gave me a doll in the shape of a tooth. I said, “What is this?” “Pinch it if you feel pain!” OMG! “How many injections do you need” (she counted) “3 here, 3 there… 12 in total!” OMG x2 Then she injected 13 injections in my mouth. Yes, I am counting. In fact, it doesn’t hurt very much, it’s a bit like getting a vaccination.
The dentist said that this time it is necessary to open up the part of the gum covering the foot of the tooth for a deep cleaning to remove all the tartar, so that the gum can recover and no longer be inflamed, and there will be no bleeding! Open the gums, sounds scary, doesn’t it? So get anesthetized! But why did I still feel a little bit after the anesthesia, just felt sour, it should be that some nerves have not slept yet. After the “deep cleansing”, the mouth was full of blood, but because of the anesthesia, I couldn’t control the muscles in my mouth, and I couldn’t even rinse my mouth. But after 4 hours, it was another hero.
Now you are watching and fantasizing about going to the dentist, isn’t it scary? But I would say that actually going to the dentist and getting the treatment that the dentist gives you is not as bad as you think. The most disturbing thing is never to experience it yourself, but you create a lot of horrible images and feelings in your mind.
If you see a lot of dentists, you will not be so afraid and fearful, because you probably know what it is like. Perhaps in life, there are many things that are the same. It is difficult and scary in imagination, but it is actually much easier to face!
可能很多人都跟我一樣，很怕看牙醫。即使只是普通檢查，心裡都莫名奇妙地緊張起來，腦裡預設了不同場景，例如：
「噢你有蛀牙呀，要補牙！」
「喂你牙齒有很多牙石，到底你有沒有好好刷牙、用牙線？」
「糟糕了！你要杜牙根！」
「其實你牙齒真的很不整齊，矯齒是唯一的出路。」
有時候，牙齒狀況可能沒有很差，但被牙醫碎碎唸，被牙醫詆毀你的牙齒，就令人有去看牙醫是貼錢買難受的感覺。
我從小就不喜歡去看牙醫。讀小學時，每年有一次牙科保健，全班同學一起去檢查牙齒、學正確刷牙方法，十次有九次我都是最後一個從牙醫魔爪爬出來的人。我也是咎由自取的，因為我沒有好好刷牙呀！我試過關上厠所門後，扭開水龍頭，好讓有流水聲扮刷牙。結果？當然是蛀牙了！
牙齒天生不整齊，沒有好好刷牙兼用牙線清潔牙縫的話，就會積聚細菌和牙石，令牙肉發炎，刷牙經常流牙血，是連吃蘋果都會流牙血那種！牙周病就是這麼來的。如果放置不理會的話，牙肉萎縮，牙腳站不穩，老後就會掉牙了。
這些道理，我都明白，但就是怕去看牙醫，總是一拖再拖，牙血天天出，到有一天跟自己說：「還要拖到什麼時候？反正保險費已繳，不去看牙醫就是自己的損失！」付出了金錢但沒有獲得服務，原來是去牙醫的最大動力，哈！
我在德國杜塞去看的這間，是專為華人服務的牙醫診所，牙醫會說中文，前台更是會說廣東話！立即覺得有輕鬆了一點點，起碼你聽到的是熟悉的語言。
到你躺在手術床上準備任人魚肉，我仍是戰戰兢兢，看著那些金屬製一支支勾狀儀器，聽到儀器在牙齒之間鑽來鑽去，「嘰～嘰～嗞～嗞～」，神經受壓，整個過程都不能放鬆。
牙醫給我治療前還跟我說：「我明天也要去拔牙呀！」「為什麼？」「去拔智慧齒呀。一次過拔三顆！所以我很了解病人在想什麼。」她一手拿著麻醉槍，跟我說：「我先會把你全口麻醉，打麻醉藥時會有點痛啊！」然後給我拿著一個牙齒形狀的公仔。我說：「這是什麼？」「你覺得痛就捏著它呀！」OMG！「你要打多少次麻醉藥」（她算了一下）「這邊3次、那邊3次⋯⋯總共12次！」OMG x2 然後她在我口中打了13次麻醉藥。是的，我有在數算著。其實沒有很痛啦，有點像打疫苗針的感覺而已。
牙醫說，這次是要翻開包裹著牙腳的牙肉部分來做個深層清潔，袪除所有牙石，牙肉才能回復健康不再發炎，就不會流血啦！翻開牙肉，聽起來很恐怖對不對？所以要麻醉啊！但怎麼麻醉後我還是有點感覺，就是覺得痠痠的，應該是有些神經還沒有睡覺就是了。「深層清潔」後滿口是血，但因為麻醉了，自己控制不了口部肌肉，就連漱口也漱不到。但過了4小時，又是一條好漢。
現在你一邊看，一邊幻想看牙醫的情景，是不是很可怕？不過我想說，真正去看牙醫、接受牙醫給你的治療，並沒有你想像中那麼糟糕。最令人不安的，永遠是還沒親身去經歷，但你在腦海中製造了很多很可怕的影像和感覺。
牙醫看多了，就沒有那麼害怕和恐懼，因為大概知道是怎樣的一回事。或許在生活中，有很多事情也一樣，想像中很困難很可怕，實際上容易面對得多呢！
