Waiting room full. It always is.She’s already on her third patient. Gloves on. Mask up.Five years learning to hold someone’s trust steady while also holding a drill.Outside, someone is telling their friend that dentists are basically the villains of every horror film ever made.She’s seen the movies. She finds the villain’s technique questionable.Also, wrong instruments entirely.Four root canals today. Heard “I floss regularly” - eleven times. Lunch standing up. Brilliant work in a room where no one is happy to be.On her way home, someone asks what she does.She just points to her tee.