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02/09
09:58
Tools of the Japanese dentist
I don’t usually go to the dentist, but since my dental is covered, I might as well make use of it right? ^^. It’s pretty scary going to a dentist. Especially one that you might not understand. Sometimes it’s hard enough to hear what the dentist is trying to say under the mask. It’s even more so when you have to strain to listen to one speaking a different language under the mask. And with all the tools the dentist has at his disposal, it’s best to know his plan of attack. I still remember my first visit to a Japanese dentist. I learnt the words 注射 (cyuusya). It means injection. I stopped him when I saw a needle. I didn’t know what cyuusya meant at that time and pulled out my dictionary to look it up. Now it’s forever engraved into my memory banks. ^^.
There’s this blue LCD screen hovering above. For the dentist to surf the internets when there are no patients. ^^. When there are patients, he usually uses it to show x-rays.
Do you enjoy visiting the dentist? A google search for “fear of the dentist” ran up about 5 million hits. Before coming to Japan, my last visit to the dentist was in Malaysia. I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed… in one visit; the dentist recommended a “one-time harvest, one-time feel pain” strategy. He was pretty good, put me under general anesthetic and I slept through the operation. Of course I wasn’t so hot the next few days. The only things I could consume were porridge and soup. ^^. Does not having any wisdom teeth make me… not wise?
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k Reply:
February 5th, 2009 at 11:12 am
none at all?!
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