Tooth will out - a tragicomedy in four acts
BEFORE Hercule Poirot spends a considerable amount of time dithering before visiting his dentist, who is later murdered. Adrian Monk is so nervous he doesn't manage to get out of his chair at the dentist's reception. Monk isn't even a patient there. He's just gone to speak to the dentist. Forcible tooth extraction is a well-known form of torture, if spy thrillers are to be believed. And have you watched Freddy? Not Krueger. This one's a recent thriller from Bollywood about a dentist. I haven't watched it because of certain sad instances (can't say more because spoiler), but I HAVE read it's Wikipedia page. There is nothing as terrifying as being strapped to a semi-horizontal seat, neither laid back nor upright, as a man in a mask advances with a dangerous-looking drill. I'm having my wisdom tooth extracted. And I'm terrified. Coupled with my general anxiety and creative imagination, and watching my much-surgeried mother admit to it hurting