Detective night

Tomorrow I will be sitting in front of the telly from 9 to 5 and I don't mean working hours! Hopefully, my friends Dalziel and Pascoe, Bacardi and Coca Cola Light will help me make it through the night...

I simply LOVE the annual Detective Night! It's always a Saturday night, but if it was on a Sunday, it would be worth taking a holiday! There is this voting system: they will show four that people can choose from eight. It's always a big surprise.

In these wonderful British series, they quite often use 'person identification by means of the teeth'. Like many things, it's not that easy in real life....

In April 1986, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam returned to the US remains of an individual. The remains were burried, but many people doubted whether they were attributed to the right soldier. Many years later, the grave was exhumed. There was a part of a jaw, containing two teeth, with one being a wisdom tooth. Another soldier's name was brought forward and accepted, but -again- not by everybody. This soldier had all his wisdom teeth extracted before going to Vietnam....

Amanda Burton may silently witness an identification by means of the teeth, but she knows that -unlike fingerprints or the iris in your eyes-, teeth can change appearance, be extracted or be knocked out. Therefore the procedure is less reliable.

Victims in a major fire, however, may only be identified by their teeth....

So teeth are quite unique. That is why we have standard prices for crowns, fillings and other dental materials, but always use the word 'aproximately'. Some people need some extra treatment, others can do with less. There really is no way we can tell through the phone or e-mail. We need to see you in person for a more accurate quote.