For a lot of people a trip to the dentist is kind of like the picture above. Frankly, I have never found it that scary or bothersome. Even as a little kid they gave me laughing gas when filling my cavities and I had a great time. A few years ago having oral surgeries I talked with the doctors while they were slicing and dicing my gums and I had a great time.
But I was a little nervous about the Taiwanese dentist since I know NO Chinese vocabulary words for dentistry.
So the night before I set up an appointment by walking to the dentist office about 1 minute from my apartment. It was no problem, I set up an appointment for 7pm the next day and took 1 minute to fill out a form.
On the day of the appointment I arrived at 7pm and got right in. At 7:24pm I walked out with a basic tooth cleaning (using the scratch tool and then smear some mystery solutions on my pearly whites). The cool thing is that I could have been out 10 minutes sooner if the dentist hadn't wanted to talk so much. He would be cleaning my teeth then take of his mask and talk for a few minutes about his kids in the US or ask me questions to practice his English. Real nice guy.
The best part was that my wallet was only NT $500 lighter (US $15) when I walked out. I will eventually get my Taiwanese health card and then that number will be even less.
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That photo scares me! HAHA! I can't imagine myself being in that situation; not even in my wildest dreams. I used to picture that in my mind before, when I was still young. But after my first dentist appointment (when I was 7), never thought that going to the dentist is so good!
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