My visit to the dentist

On 23/2, I went to the dentist to start preparing for bracing. The experience was... well, eye-opening.
The dentist first gave me anesthesia, and indicated that it was "on the house" and "free-flow". The injection to the gums was a bit painful and the drug was really very very very bitter... even though it smelled nice.
Following that, I had examination, x-ray and photo-taking for specimen purpose. That was funny when the dentist was like saying " Smile. You're the Singapore Idol winner..." and I replied "Very hard, half the mouth was feeling numb and it is hard to control the muscles there to make a smile". The dentist said he understood but still asked me to try to smile. I tried and he said that it was the saddest Singapore Idol he ever seen.
Oh ya, after that has this thing to open my mouth for the dentist to take picture and I really feel like "Wow, what a way to start off pig year, looking like a pig myself with the mouth really in a weird shape." The dentist and the assistant then carried on to put in metal moulds into my mouth to test the sizes. A bit awful but still can "tahan"...
Next were the same metal moulds but this time, with some white gluey stuff smelling like mint chewing gum but ultra sticky like elephant glue. they pressed the things hard into my teeth for indent and later pulled out. The lower jaws went well but for the upper, after they removed, the dentist said: "Ah, too small. Cannot fit all."
This one then is the terrible one, the mould ultra big then put in, take out, put in again with the same white gluey stuff and my mouth hurts from opening very wide.
Part of the white gluey stuff sticked to my lips and to take them off took a bit of time and pain as well.
Oh, and then came the extraction of 2 of my teeth...
Just when the dentist took up the pliers or something like that, I became very nervous, asking " You gonna pluck the teeth now ah?" then the assistant was like "Oh, haven't pluck yet, going to..."
They then tried to pluck by twisting and turning my lower tooth with the pliers-like thing. I felt like a machine with some rusty nails that desperately need removal and they like using screwdrivers with pliers and trying very forcefully to remove the nails. The dentist commented that my tooth super strong, very hard to remove. I felt a bit traumatized ya and the process repeated with my upper tooth being removed.
After I went home, my mouth was still numb and as the numb feeling disappeared, I actually felt better and not in pain. It was only until next day morning then a bit more pain and discomfort but... heh heh, I still ate lao yu sheng and steamboat at night... :D but no real abalone for me... :C because the meat is really tough to chew, though the vegetarian one I still ate.
Overall, my legs went wobbly in the dental clinic... sigh.