Dental Academy: Ace

Arjun froze. He hadn’t overheated the bur. Then he saw it—a micro-crack in the tooth, invisible on the X-ray but now weeping a drop of simulated pus. An occult infection. The textbook answer would be to stop, prescribe antibiotics, and reschedule.

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“Today,” Fazal said, “you listened to a mannequin. Pass.” Arjun froze

The student blinked. “Why eggs?”

“It was calcified shut,” Arjun said. “Forcing it would have perforated the root. I disinfected around it and sealed over it. The tooth will last ten years instead of twenty—but it will last. Pushing for perfection would have lost it in six months.” ” Fazal said