title: Are nice dentists purely fictional?
abstract: Fiction dentists, particularly the nice ones, give a neat image of what patients expect from us, for their creators are intrinsically sensitive to people's feelings. The few exemplary readings which follow show that, both through negative and positive images of dentistry, the basic message we get from many writers is that dentistry should be performed properly and painlessly.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Martinez
mesh_terms: D003813:Dentistry; D004324:Drama; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic