Being a dentist, I can say that a good smile can change lives. One case that I will never forget is that of Mrs Verma, who is a teacher by profession. Unfortunately, she had an accident, where she fell and her front teeth broke. The pain really devastated her emotionally, not because of her physical injuries but because of how she would face her students as an educator. Knowing the urgency of her case, I undertook to restore her smile within a day.
The Accident and the Immediate Concern
Mrs. Verma was considered to be the queen of smiles by students. But that fateful morning, she slipped on the wet floor and had a nasty fall face-first, breaking her front tooth. Tears rolling down, panicking, accompanied by her husband she was worried about facing her students.
A Race Against Time: Restoring Her Smile
I found that her front tooth was cracked, exposing the pulp and causing her severe pain. Therefore, it had to be a fast but time-tested single-visit root canal procedure, followed by a build-up and capping. The most daunting part was getting all of it done that very day, allowing her to get back to school without any visible signs of injury.
- Step 1: Root Canal: The first thing to do was get rid of the pain and prevent infection. A root canal was done to clean the infected pulp and seal it off. This minimized any chances of complication in the future.
- Step 2: Tooth Build-Up: Having performed the root canal, we then proceeded to reconstruct the fractured tooth with some of the best dental materials. This was absolutely essential for creating a strong foundation to support the dental crown.
- Step 3: Capping and Finishing Touches: We gave the patient a break for a week as her tooth was already reconstructed. After a week, we made an impression for an all-ceramic e.max cap.
Moment of Transformation
The minute Mrs. Verma stood before the mirror with her tooth now restored, tears started streaming down her face, not of sorrow this time, but joy. It was an incredible transformation as her tooth looked just like before the accident. She could barely believe such extensive treatment could happen in one day.
Return to Schooling with Assurance
The very next day, Mrs. Verma was back in the classroom, greeting her students with the same smile she always had. Her self-confidence was intact, and she continued to fill the minds of young students as if nothing had happened.
That certainly reaffirmed the point that dentistry is not so much about fixing teeth as about restoring confidence, smiles, and, in some rare instances, the ability to change things. The examples of Mrs. Verma’s loss and suffering bore witness to the strength of modern dentistry as seen in people’s lives.