She said to herself as the needle slid painlessly into her lower jaw. Yes, she was at the dentist having her annual check up and having a filling replaced.
Her dentist is a magician! A kind, gentle, incredibly thorough man whose work is top notch and she's had great dentistry work done in the past and puts him up there along with her first regular dentist, Dr. Crease of Tenterden, Kent, Dr. George Taylor of Hereford Square, London and the first of her North End Road Dentists.
It was Dr. Crease who did the orthodontist work when she was eight, she has a small jaw and the amount of teeth that we have were going to be a problem for her so he took a couple out which gave others the correct amount of room, clever nice man.
Dr. George was also a magician, his bridge on her lower jaw is stil as good as the day he put it in, over forty years ago! Sadly Dentists grow 'up' as do their patients and it was a very sad day when she received a card announcing his retirement and thanking her for being a patient for so many years.
She wonders who is doing Sir Roger Moore's teeth now, for Doctor George did the teeth of a lot of show business people.
Anyway, back to current times, after Doctor George retired, she had another good dentist for a few years but then he also retired.. grrrr.. then she went to one whose work was very sloppy, but he did take out a molar, that even she knew had died but she certainly wasn't going to trust him with Bridge work and she moaned about this to Karen, our old friend in the North End Road market.
"Not a problem" said Karen, "There's a great dental surgery literally just behind you, go in and tell them I sent you" and turning around, she saw she was standing in front of a dental surgery she must have passed hundreds of times.
In she went and spoke to a young receptionist who gave her a form to fill in and she booked an appointment for a full check-up. It appeared to be busy practice, with several dentists and a hygienist as well.
She met her new dentist, a young capable looking man with a smiley face who complimented Dr. Crease and Dr. George on their dentistry work and said that that her teeth were in good shape apart from a filling that she needed in an upper tooth and asked her what did she want to do about the missing molar hole?
It was decided she would have a plate, so he made a mould of her jaw and this marvellous thing appeared! It was a perfect fit, but with this guy whom she ranked 'up there' with her two previous dentistry Gods, she hadn't expected anything else!
Then one day she went in and after her clean and check-up, she was saddened to hear him say "This is our last appointment ...., for I have sold my chair" and he explained that he was getting married in two months time and moving up to Suffolk where he had bought a chair.
"But don't worry, I trained with your new guy and he is good, really good and the same age as me (34) so he won't retire on you like Dr. George and just remember.." then they both laughed as did his assistant.
And he was right, her new dentist to whom she has been going to for two years is extremely good.
So that's my gift to you, when you go to the dentist and have to have any kind of work done but especially if you have to have an injection, remember, to drop your shoulders and breathe through your nose.. you'll be amazed.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 27th, 2017.
PostScript: Dental Surgery, 337. North End Road, London SW6. Tel # 020 7385 0113.
Her dentist is a magician! A kind, gentle, incredibly thorough man whose work is top notch and she's had great dentistry work done in the past and puts him up there along with her first regular dentist, Dr. Crease of Tenterden, Kent, Dr. George Taylor of Hereford Square, London and the first of her North End Road Dentists.
It was Dr. Crease who did the orthodontist work when she was eight, she has a small jaw and the amount of teeth that we have were going to be a problem for her so he took a couple out which gave others the correct amount of room, clever nice man.
Dr. George was also a magician, his bridge on her lower jaw is stil as good as the day he put it in, over forty years ago! Sadly Dentists grow 'up' as do their patients and it was a very sad day when she received a card announcing his retirement and thanking her for being a patient for so many years.
She wonders who is doing Sir Roger Moore's teeth now, for Doctor George did the teeth of a lot of show business people.
Anyway, back to current times, after Doctor George retired, she had another good dentist for a few years but then he also retired.. grrrr.. then she went to one whose work was very sloppy, but he did take out a molar, that even she knew had died but she certainly wasn't going to trust him with Bridge work and she moaned about this to Karen, our old friend in the North End Road market.
"Not a problem" said Karen, "There's a great dental surgery literally just behind you, go in and tell them I sent you" and turning around, she saw she was standing in front of a dental surgery she must have passed hundreds of times.
In she went and spoke to a young receptionist who gave her a form to fill in and she booked an appointment for a full check-up. It appeared to be busy practice, with several dentists and a hygienist as well.
She met her new dentist, a young capable looking man with a smiley face who complimented Dr. Crease and Dr. George on their dentistry work and said that that her teeth were in good shape apart from a filling that she needed in an upper tooth and asked her what did she want to do about the missing molar hole?
It was decided she would have a plate, so he made a mould of her jaw and this marvellous thing appeared! It was a perfect fit, but with this guy whom she ranked 'up there' with her two previous dentistry Gods, she hadn't expected anything else!
Then one day she went in and after her clean and check-up, she was saddened to hear him say "This is our last appointment ...., for I have sold my chair" and he explained that he was getting married in two months time and moving up to Suffolk where he had bought a chair.
"But don't worry, I trained with your new guy and he is good, really good and the same age as me (34) so he won't retire on you like Dr. George and just remember.." then they both laughed as did his assistant.
And he was right, her new dentist to whom she has been going to for two years is extremely good.
So that's my gift to you, when you go to the dentist and have to have any kind of work done but especially if you have to have an injection, remember, to drop your shoulders and breathe through your nose.. you'll be amazed.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 27th, 2017.
PostScript: Dental Surgery, 337. North End Road, London SW6. Tel # 020 7385 0113.
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