The speaker recounts their worst experience with a dentist. Their original dentist went on vacation, and they visited another dentist with their sister. The second dentist said they needed to remove a broken wisdom tooth, but it would require an operation. The speaker decided to wait for their original dentist to return from vacation. Upon their return, the original dentist examined the speaker and said the wisdom tooth was not broken, but offered to remove it anyway. The speaker agreed, and the tooth was removed without issues. However, after the procedure, the speaker realized that the dentist had removed the wrong tooth. The broken wisdom tooth was still intact, and the speaker was left with the realization that they had unnecessarily removed a healthy tooth.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator went to a dentist while their regular dentist was on vacation.
2. The narrator had a slight discomfort in their mouth.
3. The dentist they saw told them that they had a broken wisdom tooth.
4. The narrator was advised to have the tooth removed through an operation.
5. The narrator decided to wait for their regular dentist to return from vacation.
6. When the regular dentist returned, the narrator made an appointment with them.
7. The regular dentist checked the narrator's mouth and told them that the wisdom tooth was not broken.
8. The narrator had the wisdom tooth removed by their regular dentist.
9. After the tooth was removed, the narrator discovered that the dentist had removed the wrong tooth.
10. The narrator realized that they had misunderstood the situation and that the broken wisdom tooth was still in their mouth.
11. The narrator is now afraid to go back to the dentist to have the correct tooth removed.