‘When did I last eat corn on the cob? Too many years ago to remember. Now I can. Plus apples, nuts and loads of things that I could no longer enjoy – in fact I can now eat ANYTHING. No more taking out dentures at night and cleaning them. No longer do I have to think what to do with my mouth when I smile nor whether my upper denture will come adrift and drop. My new set of permanent teeth looks like my originals of long ago, the same shape, not gleaming artificially white but the colour I had always been used to. I am four score years and there is plenty to contend with as the years pass. Going to the dentist in the future is no longer one of them. What better thought than that.’