Today started with another silly o’clock wake up at 4am so the first couple of hours were catching up on work and world affairs. Popped into the lounge a little before 7am for a coffee and pastry and then back to the room for a thorough dental cleaning as woe betide me should my dentist find a croissant crumb still lurking

it was still dark when I left the hotel and I had hoped that some of the interesting buildings along the way may have been lit from the outside but unfortunately not. The only place with any vanity lighting was the natural history museum and that was a seemingly pointless green glow in the bushes. The only notable part of the wander was that at one point, as dawn was breaking, I was completely in step with the street lamp sensors so all the lights were switching off as I approached as if I was in a scene from a cheap horror film.

Luckily I arrived at the surgery without any monsters accosting me from the gloom and now we have a little hurdle. My understanding of todays plan was that it was ten minutes to remove, cast, and reseat the upper jaw prosthetic. Which is exactly what it is, except the 2-3 hour gap between removal and replacement had not been communicated, or more likely that I misunderstood it!

I explained that I had an absolutely full calendar and needed to been fully toothed and back at the hotel before 9am UK time and suggested a reschedule however after a call to the lab my dentist has rushed the prosthetic over to them herself for immediate attention.

I have now been released toothless into the wild and am currently enjoying a quiet little park close to the surgery

I rate this dental practice highly, we have had some challenges along the way, unsurprisingly given the sheer amount of work that has been performed, not least me managing to break my first prosthetic on a particularly chewy desert whist at a conference in Prague! The practice and in particular my consulting dentist have come through for me admirably on each occasion.





And with that it is time to meander back to the surgery and await her return, and the return of my smile