She hacked away at the scale for about half an hour then decreed I needed a filling and some root canal work... 
I just went weak behind the knees reading that... poor BM 
I know... I hates the dentist...

Remember when the drill was all driven by belts and the dentist tied a bit of cotton around it... you had to 'watch the rabbit' to take your mind off the pain he was inflicting...
Now it is all high tech, electronic, ultrasonic - still hurts like fuck!