2014-10-04

【Aiden in English】

        I hate going to a dentist appointment. Why? Well, the only things that come out of the mouth are the problems. If you have nothing good to say, then why say anything at all? I mean come on.

        So today was the day when I would get my cavities of 4 molar teeth filled by Dr. Wong in North Penn Pediatric Dentistry. Good thing is that I was allowed to watch a movie during the procedure. On the flip side, watching a movie with sharp picks and dental drill in my mouth didn't feel good. But it provided an amazing distraction, considering that my mouth was bleeding in more places than I could count.

        Another great adventure was the laughing gas or Nitrous Oxide they gave me. Whatever it was, I felt extremely thankful for it. The gas created a numb feeling across my face, and it covered up most of the pain. It had a weird smell though, kind of like burnt cherry pie.

        After that deadly experience was over, another painful torture was coming up. When I walked out of the general dentist's office, I was called to the orthodontist's clinic. A sense of dread began to form in the pit of my stomach. Dr. Bedrosian's room was the place where all the nightmares involving teeth were made. Today one of my worst fears came true, which was spacers. Yes, I'm aware that I have braces. So how bad can the spacers be? It was very bad, because both spacers and braces are not my favorite combination.

        The blue robber bands were placed into my teeth one by one. There were one, two, three, and four. I had Four Spacers in my mouth. Four pain executers from the deepest parts of the underworld returned to inflict pain on an innocent boy who has done nothing wrong. I already knew all too well what was going to happen. At Phase One, the spacers would settle themselves in. At Phase Two, the spacers will create a gap between the teeth, and then at Phase Three, the pain kicks in and the victim will suffer horrible fate. What did I ever do to deserve this? Now, all I can do is desperately to wait for this nightmare to end sooner than later.

【紅霞譯文】

        我討厭去看牙醫，為什麼呢？你也許會說，從口腔出來的東西哪有沒毛病的，既然說話不中聽，何必還要亂放空炮？可我還是忍不住要和你傾訴衷腸。

        今天，我去了北賓州兒科牙醫診所王大夫那兒修補四顆大臼齒蛀牙。值得欣慰的是，我可以一邊補牙一邊看電影，但話說了回來，看電影時倘若有把尖刀利鑽在嘴巴里戳來鑿去，我心裡肯定不是滋味。好在電影能分散注意力，本人不必直面可憐的牙齒，甚至可以忽視淋漓的鮮血。

        “笑氣”是補牙時最為常見的麻醉劑，即所謂的一氧化二氮，其實叫什麼並不重要，只要自己感覺良好就行。“笑氣”令我面部麻木，極大程度地減緩疼痛之苦，雖然味道怪兮兮的，聞起來有點像燒焦的櫻桃派。

        一波未平，一波又起。剛剛經歷過唇亡齒寒的考驗之後，新的折磨正等待我個人出現。我邁出普通牙醫辦公室，立刻就被招呼進了矯形師專科門診，此時心中橫生恐懼。貝卓申醫生處是本人所有與牙齒相關的夢魘之禍源，而今天最令我望而生怯的恐懼之一就是牙距墊圈。沒錯，正因為牙距墊圈，我才意識到自己早已武裝到牙齒，那麼多一些牙距墊圈又有什麼不好呢？非常糟糕，尤其當牙距墊圈和牙箍雙管齊下，絕對不是我敢恭維的組合。

        藍色牙距墊圈被塞進牙間，一、二、三、四，我的嘴巴里一共四個牙距墊圈。偏偏這四個來自地獄的儈子手毫無吝嗇地將痛苦強加於我這位未幹壞事清白無辜的男孩身上，而我對它們的用意也瞭如指掌。第一階段：每個牙距墊圈占據最佳位置；第二階段：它們試圖在牙齒中製造分裂；第三階段：牙距墊圈極力堅守陣地，因此我苦不堪言。憑什麼我要承受這番酷刑？眼下當務之急就是要儘快結束這場噩夢。