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.

【红霞译文】

        我讨厌去看牙医，为什么呢？你也许会说，从口腔出来的东西哪有没毛病的，既然说话不中听，何必还要乱放空炮？可我还是忍不住要和你倾诉衷肠。

        今天，我去了北宾州儿科牙医诊所王大夫那儿修补四颗大臼齿蛀牙。值得欣慰的是，我可以一边补牙一边看电影，但话说了回来，看电影时倘若有把尖刀利钻在嘴巴里戳来凿去，我心里肯定不是滋味。好在电影能分散注意力，本人不必直面可怜的牙齿，甚至可以忽视淋漓的鲜血。

        “笑气”是补牙时最为常见的麻醉剂，即所谓的一氧化二氮，其实叫什么并不重要，只要自己感觉良好就行。“笑气”令我面部麻木，极大程度地减缓疼痛之苦，虽然味道怪兮兮的，闻起来有点像烧焦的樱桃派。

        一波未平，一波又起。刚刚经历过唇亡齿寒的考验之后，新的折磨正等待我个人出现。我迈出普通牙医办公室，立刻就被招呼进了矫形师专科门诊，此时心中横生恐惧。贝卓申医生处是本人所有与牙齿相关的梦魇之祸源，而今天最令我望而生怯的恐惧之一就是牙距垫圈。没错，正因为牙距垫圈，我才意识到自己早已武装到牙齿，那么多一些牙距垫圈又有什么不好呢？非常糟糕，尤其当牙距垫圈和牙箍双管齐下，绝对不是我敢恭维的组合。

        蓝色牙距垫圈被塞进牙间，一、二、三、四，我的嘴巴里一共四个牙距垫圈。偏偏这四个来自地狱的侩子手毫无吝啬地将痛苦强加于我这位未干坏事清白无辜的男孩身上，而我对它们的用意也了如指掌。第一阶段：每个牙距垫圈占据最佳位置；第二阶段：它们试图在牙齿中制造分裂；第三阶段：牙距垫圈极力坚守阵地，因此我苦不堪言。凭什么我要承受这番酷刑？眼下当务之急就是要尽快结束这场噩梦。