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December 22, 2014
We are very fortunate as general dental practitioners, if we have toothache – and many of us have – it’s usually a matter of getting a friend/colleague to have a…
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The Elders
December 17, 2014
I recently attended a memorial event for a good friend and colleague. This was a moving occasion, but was more concerned with celebrating his life and achievements than mourning his…
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Tiger’s eye
December 10, 2014
The BBC today featured a story about a tiger needing dental treatment. The heading said: “A Harley Street dental surgeon stared danger in the mouth when he operated on a…
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Holiday Blues
December 5, 2014
I can see the sea from where I’m blogging, somewhere exotic and enjoying a chilled drink in the last of the afternoon sun. Well, actually it’s a hot chocolate in…
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Just like the old days
December 2, 2014
A long time ago, because I’m quite old, I remember getting an abscess on my arm after a minor cut. It was huge and painful, I couldn’t move my arm…
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The whole tooth, nothing but the tooth!
November 20, 2014
Understanding the narrative, or `life story`, of a patient is way more important than we tend to credit to. We blithely put headings in the notes such as `Social History`,…
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The Blog What I Wrote
November 12, 2014
Language, accent and local dialect, can be a challenge even within different areas of the UK. Areas as diverse as Yorkshire, Cornwall and Shetland jokingly publish their own phrase books…
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Prescription for Disaster!
November 5, 2014
About twenty years ago, I called the weekend duty GP because I was worried about our young son who had a sore throat and a temperature. The doctor turned up…
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