Sir, a longstanding patient came in recently and prior to treatment I informed him that he would not need local as the tooth was non-vital. Quick as a flash he replied 'It may not be vital to you but it's a very important tooth to me'. That comment reminded me of Tony Hancock in The Blood Donor who after having had his blood tested said 'It may only be a smear to you doc but it will be life or death to some poor wretch'.
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Williams, P. Dental patients: Vital tooth. Br Dent J 216, 655 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.503
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