Saturday, November 8, 2008

Horror at first...but turned out to be fine after first time visit to a dental clinic in Miri

Today, Carmen and I had gone to a dental clinic near the Imperial Mall. Its location was not difficult to be found as i did some homeworks earlier by consulting my colleagues on the location. I did not ask on the gender of the dentist nor the normal charges issued in the clinic. The only concern was i could make an appointment with the dentist and Carmen's toothache could be resolved ASAP!

Dr. Hii was the name of the dentist. Although we could not tell whether the dentist was a man or a woman...but nevertheless it never deterred us to visit the clinic. We reached at 2.30pm sharp for the appointment. Waited for a while as many people were also waiting in the lounge. Must be good business, we thought. True enough, one by one, the patients were led into the operations room for their problems to be done with on the hands of the dentist.

By almost 3pm, Carmen's turn had finally arrived. We knew by now Dr. Hii was a lady and very experienced as she advised Carmen on the cause of her toothache and what she could do to solve her problem, which was to pull out her tooth!!! OMG!!!

The wisdom tooth had gone rotten by months and no alternative was at sight. So no choice, just listened to the doctor. She's a pro. By now, someone would have both knees shaken and weakened, whole body almost collapsed to the floor. Hehehe...

After injected with anesthetic into Carmen's jaw and away for 15 min, the dentist quickly pulled out her bad tooth without even feeling a pain (a mild one perhaps). Dr. Hii was awesome and fast. Then she advised on Carmen's next oral checkup. After almost 30 mins in the whole session, her assistants happily brought Carmen out to make payment and claim some medications.

Now, with some pills to pop in orally and further taking care of oral hygiene, Carmen is sleeping and away into the dreamland. Although this would be our first time visiting Dr. Hii's dental surgeon clinic, but most likely won't be the last in Miri. Her service and professionalism was way too good.

Augustine