The phone rings and I answer, “Thank you for calling Radio Shack in Fairlane Meadows, how can I help you?” The voice on the other end asks for Ali Salamey and I reply, “ speaking”. The voice says she is calling to remind me of my 10:45 AM dental appointment that next morning. I sigh and tell her I will be there. I have never had a fear of the dentists’ office but this was a follow up to my cleaning. I had my first cavity, and it needed to be filled.
             I woke up early that morning to run some errands. I will never forget that oozy feeling I had standing outside the building. Once in the building I immediately smell the mixture of wintergreen-flavored toothpaste and bleach out in the hall even before I got into Dr. Guindi’s office. As soon as I open the outer door, the blast of cool stale air from the air conditioner hits me in the face making me shiver all over. I walk in and signed my name on the sign in sheet. The gray-hared woman behind the white-frosted glass slide window sees me and says “Doctor Guindi will be with you in just a few minutes”. I waited and watched the young attractive intern in her white uniform to call out my name. I then grab a magazine sitting on the coffee table and while flipping to the first page am suddenly startled, only to see pictures of decaying teeth and gums. I quickly close the book and shudder at the thought as I roll my tongue over my teeth and thank god they a!
             re all there. The nurse calls my name... I enter the inner office and sit in the brown leather chair looking at all the shiny stainless steel equipment. As I sat down the bright overhead light momentarily blinds me...
             I began thinking to myself; “It’s our nature to have an uneasy or disturbed feeling when someone such as a dentist gets so close to you that there hovering just inches off you face. It could also be that feeling of entrapment when your sitti...