Showing posts with label Dentist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dentist. Show all posts

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Farewell, Tooth

Farewell, Tooth

My dentist is calm, softly spoken and sympathetic – good set of characteristics for a dentist to have. What took place on a recent visit therefore gave me quite a jolt.

I presented myself as having some persistent gum bleeding, at the site of a rear molar, that I had been unable to brush away – was there something else to be done? The dentist said, “let’s take a look”. Then, peering in, he muttered “oh dear..”.