Re: OT:Dentist's kit



On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:27:45 +0100, Mike Ruddock
<mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Just visited my new dentist. (1) He had some really modern
>equipment, including a LCD monitor over the chair which displayed the
>cost of the proposed treatment and, when he stuck a camera inside my
>mouth, a full colour picture of my teeeth (complete with hideous rims
>of tea-stained plaque behind my front teeth). On the whole I could
>have done without that, though the close-ups of the damaged teeth were
>fascinating.
> Has anybody else experienced this device? I assume those who
>get private treatment have had it for years, but this practice is NHS.
>
They'd need too big a screen to show the cost of my treatment.

--
Andy Minter
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