【ENG】
I found a good dentist a few years ago and for a while my son and I went every 3 months for checkups. After the outbreak of COVID-19, we continued to go regularly, but one day I got sick on the day of the checkup and canceled, and I stopped going since then.
In January of this year, when I ate some rice cakes sent from my parents' house, a filling in my back tooth came off. I had not been to the dentist for a checkup for several months, so it was somewhat difficult for me to go to the dentist, and while I was dawdling, the tooth developed a cavity, which seems to have worsened. Recently, it started hurting at a moment's notice, and he finally made the decision to make a dentist appointment.
But apparently it was too late. After the examination, I found that the tooth could no longer be kept and had to be extracted. Furthermore, it was a difficult tooth for my "good dentist" to extract, and she gave me a letter of referral to go to the oral surgery department of a university hospital. I have never had a tooth pulled before, so I am quite scared.
But that "good dentist" is still a good dentist. She never said to me, "Why didn't you come earlier?" or "Why did you leave it alone before it got this bad?!". I had a cleaning prior to the extraction and the dental hygienist was very kind. She said, "Yes, yes, you are brushing well. You are by no means a bad tooth brusher, and your mouth shows that you are doing it right. It's just that I haven't been able to get rid of some of the residue between the teeth".
Yesterday I went to the university hospital where I was referred. The hospital is a few subway stops away, about 150 meters from the station. It was a good opportunity for Actifit, but it was not a brisk walk, despite the beautiful fall weather. Changing hospitals is always depressing. I wondered what kind of doctor would be in charge... I didn't want to show him or her inside my mouth and have them say something coercive, I thought as I went through the reception desk and entered the examination room.
Well, as it turned out, their response was quite clerical and streamlined, but not cold, and I was very comfortable with it. Is that what a university hospital is like? Or was the doctor in charge good? The extraction process and risks were explained to me, and I signed the consent form. After adjusting my schedule to the availability, we decided on the end of October as the date for the extraction. Perhaps wisdom teeth will be extracted after that.
So, take care of your teeth, everyone. My sons' checkups are already booked for the week after next.
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【JPN】
数年前に良い歯医者さんと出会い、しばらくは息子ともども3ヶ月おきに健診に通っていました。コロナ勃発以降も定期的に通っていましたが、ある時健診の予約日と体調不良が重なってしまい、キャンセルしたのをきっかけに通わなくなりました。
今年1月、実家から送られてきたお餅を食べた際、奥歯の詰め物が取れてしまいました。何か月も健診に行っていなかったこともあり何となく歯医者に行きづらく、グズグズしているうちにその歯が虫歯になり、悪化してしまったようです。最近、ふとした瞬間に痛むようになり、ようやく重い腰を上げて歯医者の予約をとりました。
しかし、どうやら重い腰を上げるのが遅すぎたようです。診察の結果、その歯はもう手遅れで、抜かなければならないことが分かりました。しかも、かかりつけの「良い歯医者さん」では抜くのが難しい歯で、大学病院の口腔外科に行くようにと紹介状が出されました。これまで歯を抜いた経験は一度もないので、かなり恐怖です。
それでもその「良い歯医者さん」はやっぱり良い歯医者さんで、「どうして早く来なかったの！」だの、「どうしてこんなになる前まで放っておいたの！」だのといった、患者の足が余計に歯医者から遠のくようなことは決して言いません。
抜歯に先立ちクリーニングをしてもらいましたが、担当の歯科衛生士さんもとても優しく、「うんうん、磨けていますよ。歯磨きは決して下手じゃないし、ちゃんとやっていることが分かるお口の中です。ただ少し、歯と歯の間の磨き残しがうまく取り除けていないだけです」なんて言うので、何だか泣きそうになりました。
昨日は紹介先の大学病院へ行きました。病院は地下鉄で数駅先の駅から150メートルほどのところにあります。Actifitの良い機会ではありましたが、素晴らしい秋晴れにもかかわらず、爽やかなウォーキングというわけにはいきませんでした。歯医者に限らず、病院が変わるというのは憂鬱なものだからです。どういう先生が担当になるのだろう… 口の中を見せて、ああだこうだ言われたら嫌だな、と思いながら受付を済ませ、診察室に入りました。
結果からいうとかなり事務的、流れ作業な感じで、かと言って冷たいわけでもなく、私にはとても良かった。大学病院、というのがそういうものなのでしょうか。それとも担当の先生が良かったのか。抜歯の流れ、リスクなどの説明を受け、同意書にサイン。空き状況と私のスケジュールを調整し、抜歯の日を10月末と決めました。もしかしたら、その後に親知らずも抜くかもしれません。
というわけで、皆さんも歯を大切に。子どもたちの健診も予約済みです。
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