FOR the first time in years I went to the dentist for a six monthly check up on Friday and didn't need any treatment.

I was thrilled to bits. It usually costs me a mint for crowns, fillings, root canal treatment etc. My head's worth a fortune.

However the delight was short lived. The same night I crunched on a pear drop -- cracking off a front white filling.

Sod's Law strikes again. That'll be another twenty odd quid towards my dentist's Tenerife villa fund. NHS prices, humbug!