Teeth Trouble

 Each and every one of our body parts matters much. Yet, of all our organs, some sure get sidelined. Let me give you a concrete example. Just a little of my eye drops, the best ones, great against any infection, was the residue in the bottle. 

My ear was itching badly. Well, my feel was that anything that can be good for an organ as delicate as the eye cannot hurt/harm any other organ. So I used the last few of the eye drops for the itching ear. When the ENT specialist heard it, did I get an earful!

Teeth, in my opinion, happen to be yet another part of our body that we tend to ignore, right? Sure we do take care of the basic dental hygiene and oral care, we brush regularly, we rinse the mouth often, and all.

But! Imagine a visit to the dentist's! The teeth matters then become truly troublesome! The very teeth chatter then! Personally I avoid a visit to the dentist as much as possible. When it comes to teeth, the follower of allopathy in me suddenly transmogorifies  in to a firm faithful of naturopathy. Camphor, cloves, sensodyne toothpaste, anything is okay, but not the dentist's drill.

The very thought of the dentist's chair gives me horrific visions of the electrocution chair. Imagine sitting there, mouth wide open. Well, you are not Lord Krishna, providing Yashoda Mata the vision of the whole universe. 

The only sight the poor(!!?!!) dentist may site is your awful teeth in horrible shapes, given the cavities in them. All along, you are sitting on that wonder of a chair, mouth wide open. You feel as if you are a gaping crater on the moon, or at least on any Pune road, especially during the monsoon, given the then over active salivating process which can make any of Pavlov's dogs blush beet root red.

True, they say that if you ever want to know how awful you look, the best alibi would be your Aadhar Card photo or the pic on the I/T Card. In my opinion, however, neither can beat your visage while you are perched atop a dentist's chair.

Then your hear that dreadful sound of that drill. While you are silently willing the dentist not to use it, he is ready with yet another weapon, that injection in the gums! The momentary pain is nothing in comparison with the later numbed swollen feel that lasts for four hours at least. 

I absolutely admire people who can visit the dentist to get a great smile. Orthodentistry is the name. Must have heard it! I was the co-producer of two EMRC programmes on this then emerging branch. That determined the conviction rate as far as I was concerned!

Dentists sure are artists. Yet this is the only art form I cannot follow faithfully. Teeth are trouble indeed, both in our babydom and during late teens. Dumb you can just not be when molars choose to play hide and seek with the gums, especially in our early twenties!  What to say of the teething trouble when senior citizens go for dentures that take a few years (off), while fitting! Teeth truly trouble!

Pratima@Yes, I am reminded of that execution chamber called the dentist's chair because recently was celebrated the oral hygiene day!