A little dental music, strings a-strumming, flutes a-trilling, Numbing minds and calming nerves while steps away the beast is drilling. Muzak in the lobby helps the patients to ignore the fact that writhing agony waits right behind the door. Kostelanetz and Mancini,
Gordon Jenkins, Ferrante and Teicher. Lo, the Mormon Tabernacle sings! The sound of pain is muted, by a thousand living strings. A little dental music: Your appointment's for eleven, But you'll be waiting here till noon. The soothing strains of Andre Previn...