Drilling my tooth

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

After waiting for 2 months, finally today I got my appointment with my dentist to fill my tooth (no. 6). It has been nearly 2 years that I didn't get my teeth checked. I don't know if it is because of the different technology use in UK compared to Malaysia or because of the advance of dental technology, this time, it's not as painful as before and it only took 20 minutes for the whole process of regular check and filling. The most scary part is the drilling, but alhamdulillah it's done in such a way that not much pain needs to be suffered. Plus, they put these little riddles on the ceiling so while the dentist is busy drilling your tooth, you can lie there and count how many triangles in one of the charts stuck on the ceiling.

I kind of scare to get my teeth done because of the drilling before the filling. It's one of the most painful things I've ever experienced and you might just can stop it by shutting up your mouth, but you know you CAN'T! That's like torturing yourself, but for the sake of your health. Can there be any gentle way of filling teeth?

Anyway, the good news is, I don't have to come back again after a year, yay! But for this treatment, I have to pay £43.60, that's like crazily lots. Compare to Malaysia, I might just need to pay RM10 (as a staff of UTM) which is equivalent to £1.50 or less!

Wassalam.