The Day I Became a Lively Fish at the Dentist 🐟

Does everyone like that sound at the dentist's office...?

I, for one, am not a fan.

I have a slightly strange biology where I have more teeth than my face size would suggest.

Every time I go to the dentist, for some reason, I get told:

"You know, the size of your face and the number of your teeth don't match."

......

Please tell that to my parents.

I didn't order them to grow this way.

This is simply,

The battle of teeth wanting to grow vs. a small face

at play.

Even though there isn't enough room, my teeth are somehow full of energy.

"I can still come out!"

They seem to say, asserting their presence firmly.

At that time, all four of my wisdom teeth had grown in.

Some were just starting to emerge.

Some were waiting inside the gums.

And some were proudly showing themselves.

One day, my back teeth started to ache.

This is impossible.

Thinking that, I headed to the dentist.

The examination revealed that my wisdom tooth had a cavity.

The doctor said,

"Even if we treat it, since it's a back tooth, there's a possibility it will go bad again. It's better to pull it out."

And so, I faced the day of my battle with my wisdom tooth.

After the anesthesia, I waited for 10 minutes.

The doctor arrived.

However.

It seemed my wisdom tooth was the type that wouldn't depart easily.

The doctor applied force.

...It wouldn't come out.

He applied even more force.

...It still wouldn't come out.

At that moment, something strange happened to my body.

There was no pain.

Because the anesthesia was working.

And yet.

My body was reacting on its own.

In my head,

"Stay still!"

I am desperately commanding myself.

But my body won't listen.

My back arches.

My body lifts up.

My legs tense up.

I thought to myself.

(I'm not arching my back because I want to!)

(What do you expect me to do when my body lifts on its own!)

A word from the dentist.

"Don't lift! Your body! Stay still!"

……Doctor.

I want to do that too.

I really want to do that.

However, my body moves on its own.

At that moment, I thought for the first time.

Are my face and body moving separately? 🤣

In the end,

one dentist,

and two dental assistants.

Against me, all alone.

It turned into a mysterious battle.

I was being held down by my ankles.

I never thought that as an adult, I would end up in such a situation at the dentist.

And then, finally.

The wisdom tooth was pulled out.

…or so I thought.

This time, it was the dentist who was exhausted.

He was panting while drinking water.

The dentist said.

"Wow... that's a strong tooth."

Well, doctor.

Aren't you more tired than I am, the one who had the tooth pulled? 🤣

The dentist added.

"Why would you grow a tooth like that when you have such a small face!?"

….

Doctor.

I don't know either.

I'm not the one who grew it.

It was the tooth's own will.

In the car on the way home.

I suddenly thought.

Some fish are still fresh even after being filleted.

Could it be...

That today,

I was a fresh fish?

That's what I thought.

By the way, I've been to several dentists since moving.

And every time, I'm told the same thing.

"Your teeth are very sturdy."

...

I get it now.

The most stubborn thing about me, it seems, is not me.

It's my teeth🐟