However hard a dentist tries to make his waiting-room look pleasant, It always has an atmosphere of its own. There is that odd smell that reminds you of a hospital. A small table in the centre is covered with very old and torn magazine; the curtains are faded, and the armchairs have a hollow, sunken look about them. ………… : There were dusty pictures on the wall and the tattered magazines on the table looked a great pile of wastepaper.