歯痛

もう何週間も歯が痛かった。
仕方なく、評判の良い歯医者さんに予約をとり、予約の日まで3週間待った。

症状を訴え調べてもらった。
歯医者さんはとても丁寧に色々と説明してくれ、結論として、私はとても真面目な性格で、銀歯を入れた後、歯が痛いので一所懸命歯磨きをした。その結果、一所懸命すぎて歯茎を傷つけ、それが原因でいつまでも痛かった。

初対面の歯医者さんに私の唯一のとりえ、「真面目さ」を指摘され戸惑った。

それからやさしく歯磨き派に転換した私。その翌日には痛みは消えていた。

間違った「真面目さ」は時には痛みを伴うのだった。
真面目も考えものだ。

Toothache

My tooth had been aching for weeks.

I finally made an appointment with a dentist who had a good reputation.

I told him all the symptoms.
He said that I’d been brushing my teeth too much too hard.
I thought that couldn’t be true.

After that, I started brushing my teeth gently.
My tooth doesn’t hurt anymore.

Trying things too hard doesn’t help sometimes.
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