The Dentist Drill

Here I am. Knowing that I have 2 cavities. Waiting for things to come. The dentist sits behind me, the dental nurse beside me.

Let's have a look, I hear her say, and the chair reclines until I lay with my legs slightly higher than my head. A powerless feeling comes over me. The bright light is focused on my mouth. and I'm blinded a bit. I squeeze my eyes. And decide to keep my eyes closed during drilling.

Open your mouth I hear kindly but firm. I obey, I notice how the drill and the mirror are approaching my wide opened mouth. She pushed the mirror in my mouth and stretches my cheek wide and uncomfortable. Then I feel how she brings the drill in my mouth. I feel a shock when the drill is started and touches the enamel for the first time. And involuntarily my eyes are opening wide. The drill shrieks high, it doesn't hurt but all my muscles are tensed. Wiggle my feet on the chair and I squeeze into the armrest.

when the drill starts to penetrate deeper into the enamel of my molar I feel the pain starting and increasing... I moan softly, trying to catch the eye of the dentist and her nurse so that they see that I am in pain. But they are only paying attention to my drilled molar. The drill shrieks on. I feel there's sweat on my forehead and on my back, sticking my shirt to the leather of the black dental chair. My muscles are still tensed. Relax I hear the dentist say, but can't while my feet still wiggle on the leg rest. The pain does increase as my moans also start to get louder.

The drilling seems to take forever, always that high sound mixed with the sound of the suction hose. My mouth filled with mirror, drill and suction hose. I moan loud, with sweat on my entire body now. Muscles tensed, eyes still wide open.

And then finally the drilling stops. .. The dentist takes a look at the fresh drilled hole, stretching my cheek wide while he pokes the pick in the fresh drilled cavity. I beg tin my thought, let it stop.

We need to drill a bit more on this one the dentist says friendly but strict. Another shock, painful now as the drill starts doing his work on the molar, pain increasing as the nerve is approached. Tensed muscles, the break was too short even to relax. I can feel the sweat running down my neck to my back. I feel the chair getting wet from my sweat. And finally ... the drilling stops.

So that ones done the dentist says friendly, now let's get to the second, please open wide again....

And I think; Noooo here we go again.