Seascale for DIY dentistry

Katarina's whole filling eventually came out leaving a huge gap in her tooth with only a thin shell of enamel. The tooth is also cracked and wobbly and painful to bite on. So, we had to visit the local town of Seascale, for the nearest pharmacy, to buy some emergency filling (which, according to directions, was opposite the bear-cree and chippa). I bought two kits, just in case. While we waited for the train back K chased waves and collected some shells.

Back at the hotel I had a go with the first kit, which involved carefully mixing a white powder with a few drops of liquid in a tiny thumbnail-sized plastic bowl. I eventually got the correct consistency and then we started to clean and dry the tooth area. You can tell I don't work with plaster much because by the time we got K's teeth prepared, the filling material had gone too dry. It was a disaster and anyone standing outside our room listening would have had little doubt about that.

So, instead, I began to call all the emergency helplines. There's more than one because we are staying between two regions. But after more than an hour calling, the best we could get was an appointment at 7.30pm, an hour and a half away (with no time to get back). Even the private dentists refused offers of money (the nearest being 20 miles away). In the end we probably could have got something either very far away or for a lot of money (I'm sure a dentist, the shysters they are, could be bought). However, all of a sudden K says the other side of her mouth, where she lost a milk tooth on Monday, had healed enough to eat around. So, we had a go with the second filling kit, which came with a syringe, and after careful application and shaping with a spatula, we got a tooth filled for a fiver (disregarding the first attempt with the powder).

By this time it was 1pm so we still had time left to do something.