Fun at the dentists...

I had toothache a couple of weeks back and was a bit confused as to what to do about it. In Costa Rica there are about twelve orthodontist on every street but its impossible to find your ordinary, run-of-the-mill, deals-with-toothaches kind of dentist. So my co-worker 'Crazy Lou' (that's a whole other post) took me to see his high school friend who is such a dentist. I pointed to the problem area and he decided to give me a filling. To be honest, I was in so much pain I didn't really care at the time but looking back I think he may have been a bit dodgy. For a start I don't think he was into new-fangled modern technology like...for instance...hygiene or sterilization. There was no dental nurse so I had to hold my own instruments and do my own suctioning. But the most alarming thing was that he did the entire proceedure whilst chatting to his friend on the phone and at one point disappeared for 10 minutes to go and talk to some guy at the door. Now I'm pretty sure that the problem was my wisdom tooth and I probably didn't need that filling anyway but nevermind...it was another experience to add to the list!!! And the toothache didnt matter after I discovered how easy it is to get really strong painkillers from the chemist!!!