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Side Sim -Cross's appointment at the ship's dentist.

Posted Jan. 13, 2022, 11:26 a.m. by Lieutenant Miriam Cross (Chief Medical Officer) (marthese bugeja)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Adebowale Mbala (Ship’s Dentist) in Side Sim -Cross’s appointment at the ship’s dentist.
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Cross made her way to the dentist’s office, she wasn’t exactly looking forward but what else could the female doctor do? With one broken tooth and at least one or two fillings Cross did not have much of a choice, she hit the buzzer and waited.....Well they do say doctor’s are the worst patients .

Ade came to the door and saw Doctor Cross. “Is this about the stasis box, or you finally taking me up on my offer of treatment?” Ade remembered that Miriam had been in some discomfort in the Fantail Lounge shortly after she had arrived on the Merrimack, but she had never disclosed exactly what the problem was. She had been touching a tooth with her tongue and going ‘’Ouch’‘. Ade had positively brightened with the prospect of some real dentistry to do, and had told her to come and see him and he’d take care of it. “If it’s the problem you were having in the Fantail Lounge, then the pain must be killing you by now. Have you taken painkillers? And you’d better come inside. Just mind you don’t trip over that stasis box!”

Cross glared at him and if looks could kill Ade would drop dead on the floor after all no one goes to a dentist in a happy, jovial mood and she was no exception.

‘’I have one broken tooth and maybe one or two that need fillings,’ Cross replied while eyeing the instruments on display which made her think of a torture chamber, the doctor knew she had to get on the couch but was putting it off even if for one more second.

“Well, I’m the dentist,” Ade replied, “So, I’ll do the diagnosis if that’s okay?”.

Cross muttered something in her own language

He saw her looking at the display of instruments and added, “Don’t worry about those! Those belonged to my great-grandfather. Dentistry today is all achieved with transporter technology. Once I’ve scanned your mouth into the computer and mapped it in three dimensions, I simply click a button and the tooth is gone. Same for cavities and replacement teeth. They can be filled or replaced at another click of a button. I’ll give you painkillers for the pain, and that’s it, all done. Now, the difficult part is scanning your mouth accurately. It takes quite a while to get it perfectly accurate, and I do need you to sit absolutely still for the entire period. Do you think you can do that for me?”

‘’Guess I don’t have much of a choice do I’‘ Cross replied and sat down ‘’I’ll do my best not to move ‘’ though her tone of voice didn’t sound so convincing .

“Not if you want it fixed,” replied Ade. “Now this machine is very noisy and makes a lot of sudden movements and loud banging as it moves around scanning your jaw bones and mouth. Don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe and it won’t hurt a bit. You won’t feel a thing either. However, it does take about six minutes and as I said already you must remain completely motionless for that entire time.”

-Ade, Ship’s Dentist

Cross tried to relax but after a few minutes she raised a hand ‘’Em what if the machine malfunction ..what then?’‘ she asked ‘’How would you know that all the noise is normal or not?’‘.
Even if the dentist was calm and reassuring, it was going to be the first time that the female doctor was about to have this kind of procedure.

Cross Dr.


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