ONE TOOTH WITH SENSE.
, After a lot of picking and tapping with his instruments the dentist straightened up and addressed, the patient in the chair. ', "There's a large cavity in one of i your molars, three small cavities in ! the other molars, the incisors ought j to be straightened, one bicuspid needs 1 a crown, and in the open space on the i lower jaw wc can fit in'a-tooth that i will be as good as now." ; "How about my wisdom tooth?" tasked the patient. I. "That seems to be all right." "Well, thank heaven, that I've got (one tooth with*enough sense to keep out of the general smash-up.''
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 27 August 1919, Page 4
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109ONE TOOTH WITH SENSE. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 27 August 1919, Page 4
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