"How much will the tooth fairy give for this?"

I didn't know I was that afraid of going to the dentist.

I think the last time I went,
Was more than 10 years ago.
No kidding.

And I wouldn't have made any attempt to break the record,
If not for the toothache that had given me a hard time,
For the past 2 weeks.

I was scared,
Because I was pretty sure my teeth are gonna in bad shape.
But damn it,
It was worse than I had imagined.

So much so that normal cleaning will not suffice,
And I had to go for deep scaling under local anaesthesia.
I'm so glad,
The dentist recommended that we do a quadrant first,
Because that tiny quadrant alone,
Was enough to freak me out for the whole night.

And I definitely didn't enjoy taking jabs in my gums.

"I'm sure that hurt more right?"
He said, pointing to my labret.

And I definitely don't like it when people use my labret,
As an excuse to impale me.
As though having a lip piercing means,
I have a very high threshold for pain.

Boy, was I glad that I didn't feel a thing.
It seemed as though,
He was mining for diamonds inside my mouth,
And there sure was a lot of blood involved.

I really felt light-headed after the whole ordeal.
Yes I know I'm quite a wimp.

And as for the tooth that was giving me problems?
Apparently the filling in that tooth cracked,
And now the whole tooth is infected.
I'll need root canal treatment to save that damn tooth,
And I was very alarmed after hearing the cost.

$800 to save one lousy tooth?

Maybe I should just extract it.
But that will leave me with a very apparent gap,
Since it's a pre-molar that's visible when I smile.

Sigh.

Does anyone want to donate,
To the "Save My Tooth Fund"?