I read with amusement the Last Word article The drills are alive (Vital winter 2008 page 64). It reminded me of a couple of musical mishaps that have occurred whilst I have been treating patients which I thought I would share with your readers.

We usually listen to Radio 2, which is a safe bet, but recently they played The Jacksons' ‘Can you feel it?’ during the administration of an inferior dental block injection. Worse still, a pocket chart had to be abandoned part way through charting when ‘5, 4, 3, 2, 1’ came on the radio! Most confusing!

Both patients saw the funny side, but talk about bad timing!

Janet wins Colgate goodies worth £100.