ANXIOUS TENDENCIES

ONE DAY AN EXTREMELY NERVOUS

DENTAL PATIENT CAME FOR

ROOT-CANAL SURGERY.

HE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE

EXAMINING ROOM AND MADE

COMFORTABLE IN THE

RECLINING DENTAL CHAIR.

THE DENTIST THEN INJECTED A

NUMBING AGENT AROUND

THE PATIENT'S TOOTH

AND LEFT THE ROOM

FOR A FEW MINUTES

WHILE THE MEDICATION TOOK HOLD.

WHEN THE DENTIST RETURNED,

THE PATIENT WAS STANDING

NEXT TO A TRAY OF

DENTAL EQUIPMENT,

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING

BY THE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS?"

ASKED THE SURPRISED DENTIST.

FOCUSED ON HIS TASK,

THE PATIENT REPLIED,

"I'M TAKING OUT THE ONES I DON'T LIKE."