Synopsis – You Know the Drill
Welcome to my life. The life of a reluctant dentist. This book charts the course of a nervous student dealing with people from all walks of life, from exploding angry abscesses to exploding angry people, both in and out of the chair.
When I was a wet-behind-the-ears school sixth former, it seemed like a really good idea to go to university and study the teeth, gums and mouth. I’m still trying to work out why I thought that was a good idea.
The definition of a dentist mentions competencies in biomedical knowledge, surgical dexterity, and critical thinking. What it fails to include is being an unpaid therapist, getting splattered in pus, coaxing nutters out from under the dental chair, having the police storm your surgery, and dealing with patients who think a crown is something you put on your head, then try and sue you when you say otherwise.
Written as a form of therapy – to offload on paper – this book gives a frank account of life both in and out of the surgery. So, take a seat in the waiting room and I’ll see you shortly in Chapter One…
Author Bio
Dr Bill is a reluctant dentist who lives with his kind partner and a neurotic cat. This is his first book. There may be another. This depends on whether Dr Bill’s patients are gracious sweethearts who give him nothing to write about, or cantankerous bastards who provide the fodder for written revenge!
My Review
This book is a memoir of a dentist. It is loaded with humor and snarky anecdotes of first his training and then his professional life. At times, I personally, would have preferred a slightly more serious take. But that was not what the aim of this book was. There were several times I chuckled or laughed out loud.
This is very graphic. Sometimes I was totally grossed out (but I also think being a dentist would be kinda gross). There is also lots of information about how the NHS in Britain works for dentistry.
Overall, if you like medical memoirs and especially if you like dry, sarcastic humor you will enjoy this one!
