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DR. SALAZAR KAGAN ORAL SURGERY and general dentistry ROOT CANALS ABSCESS DRAINAGE BONE GRAFTING "Because bad oral health is nothing to smile about." I tried to get Dad to change his mind, but he said he already did the paperwork to switch me over and there was no turning back. I thought about making a run for it, but Dad must've known what I was thinking, because he locked the car doors. Dr. Kagan's office was even scarier than I pictured it. He didn't have any coloring books or toys or the kinds of things they have in the Tender Hugs waiting room.

口腔外科和普通牙科根管脓肿引流植骨“因为口腔健康不好，没什么好笑的。” 我试着让爸爸改变主意，但他说他已经把我调走了，没有回头路了。 我想逃走，但爸爸一定知道我在想什么，因为他把车门锁上了。 卡根医生的办公室比我想象的还要可怕。 他没有任何涂色书或玩具，也没有“温柔拥抱”候诊室里的那种东西。

Dr. Kagan was waiting for me in his office, and all his sharp metal instruments and drills were right out in the open for me to see when I walked in. So I could tell this guy wasn't fooling around. After I sat down in the chair, Dr. Kagan started grilling me about my eating and drinking habits. He actually got MAD when I told him I drink soda, and he went in the side room and brought out a jar filled

卡根医生在他的办公室里等我，我进去的时候，他所有锋利的金属仪器和钻头都摆在我面前。 所以我能看出这家伙不是在胡闹。 我在椅子上坐下后。 卡根开始盘问我的饮食习惯。 当我告诉他我喝苏打水的时候，他真的气疯了，他走进旁边的房间，拿出一罐苏打水

with brown liquid that had a rotten tooth in it. He told me this is what happened to a real tooth when it was left in a jar of soda for twenty-four hours. I told Dr. Kagan I would make sure I never left my teeth in a jar of soda overnight. I'm pretty sure he thought I was being sarcastic, but I was just trying to show him I was paying attention. Then he cleaned my teeth. I started to panic, because if there's one person you don't want to be mad at you, it's the guy who's got metal tools poking around in your mouth.

里面有一颗烂牙的棕色液体。 他告诉我，当一颗真牙被放在汽水罐里24小时时，就会发生这种情况。 我跟卡根医生说过我绝对不会把牙齿放在汽水罐里过夜。 我很确定他觉得我是在讽刺他，但我只是想让他知道我在关注他。 然后他给我刷牙。我开始恐慌，因为如果有一个人你不想对你生气，那就是那个拿着金属工具在你嘴里戳来戳去的人。

At one point, Dr. Kagan started doing X-rays. He put a piece of plastic between my teeth and told me to bite down. Then he took an X-ray and got the next piece of plastic ready. After two or three X-rays, I started to get the hang of it, and so when Dr. Kagan did my molars, I bit down on the plastic before he even told me to. At least I THOUGHT it was the plastic. It turns out it was actually Dr. Kagan's finger.

有段时间，卡根医生开始做x光检查。 他把一块塑料塞在我的牙缝里，让我咬下去。 然后他拍了一张x光片，准备好了下一张塑料片。 拍了两三张x光片后，我开始掌握了要领。 卡根帮我做了磨牙，我在他吩咐之前就咬了塑料牙。 至少我以为是塑料的问题。 事实证明，这实际上是Dr。 卡根的手指。

Well, if he was mad before, it was NOTHING compared to this. Dr. Kagan told me to go out to the waiting room while he worked on my "diagnosis." I was pretty sure he was gonna come back and tell Dad I needed to get a root canal or something so he could get even with me. But Dr. Kagan actually did something even WORSE. He told Dad I needed to take "major corrective measures" for my overbite, and he gave Dad this pamphlet— Your Child Needs HEADGEAR Dr. Kagan said I would need to wear my headgear at all times, especially during the day when I'm at

好吧，如果他之前疯了，那和这次比起来就不算什么了。 卡根医生让我到外面的等候室去，让他给我做“诊断”。 我很确定他会回来告诉爸爸我需要做根管治疗之类的，这样他就可以报复我了。 但卡根博士实际上做了更糟糕的事。 他告诉爸爸我需要采取“主要的矫正措施”来矫正我的牙套，他给了爸爸这本小册子——你的孩子需要头盔医生。 卡根说我需要一直戴着头饰，尤其是在白天，当我在

school. So obviously he's trying to ruin my social life. Monday When I woke up this morning, I couldn't find my headgear where I left it, so I had to go to school without it. Not that I'm complaining or anything. In Health class Nurse Powell told us we were going to be starting a new unit about parenting. She said that being a mother or a father is a big responsibility and that in this unit we were gonna learn that taking care of a baby is no piece of cake. Then she took out a carton of eggs. She said each one of us was gonna have to take our egg home and return it to class the next day.

学校。所以很明显他想毁了我的社交生活。 星期一当我今天早上醒来时，我找不到我的帽子放在哪里，所以我不得不不带它去学校。 我不是在抱怨什么的。 在健康课上，鲍威尔护士告诉我们，我们将开设一个关于养育子女的新单元。 她说做一个母亲或父亲是一个很大的责任，在这个单位我们要学会照顾一个孩子不是件容易的事。 然后她拿出一盒鸡蛋。 她说我们每个人都要把鸡蛋带回家，第二天把它还给教室。