Editorial
A weekly personal column by Dr. Rita Maloney: narrative, humane, and unhurried. The cases that didn't fit a template. The patterns that only become visible in retrospect. The questions worth sitting with over the weekend.
Friday Reflection is the personal slot. No protocol, no scoring rubric, no verdict. These are the cases and observations that stay with you: the ones that complicate the tidy categories from the rest of the week, or occasionally confirm them in unexpected ways. Dr. Maloney writes these as a practising endodontist, not as an investigator. The register is quieter here.
Friday reflection
He had been treated for the pain in his lower second molar twice in three years. The third visit was for retreatment, and the third visit was the first time anyone had looked at the tooth under magnification.
Friday reflection
She wanted a retreatment quote. The tooth did not need a retreatment. The hardest part of the visit was saying so.
Friday reflection
Most of what I write about international dental treatment is a caution. This is the other story, and the pattern that makes it the other story.