Christopher Tidy wrote:
Randy Replogle wrote:
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:18:54 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Tidy
wrote:


My father is a dentist. Many of the patients he sees are school age. He
says that sometimes a child's mother will phone after a missed
appointment and apologise, saying that one of the child's grandparents
has died. Sometimes he counts the number of times it happens with the
same patient. It is not unknown for the number to exceed four.

Chris


Maybe they're short of cash and afraid to admit it. I've cancelled
dentist appointments because of this (no dental insurance).
Randy

All the work my dad does is specialist work which is paid for by the
health service. The patients don't have to pay anything. No one has
dental insurance in England :-).

or teeth