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Thinking Allowed

Tooth Loss; Communist Utopia in a Spanish Village

Thinking Allowed

BBC

Society & Culture, Science

4.4997 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Communist 'utopia' in a Spanish village. Laurie Taylor talks to the writer, Dan Hancox, about his research into a tiny community in Andalucia which set out to create an egalitarian enclave after the demise of General Franco. Does the reality match the dream? They're joined by the social geographer, Helen Jarvis. Also, the health researcher, Nicolette Rousseau, discusses the experience and meaning of tooth loss and replacement.

Producer:Jayne Egerton.

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1:20.3

Hello I changed my dentist a few years ago it was.

1:25.0

Actually from a purely dental point of view, there probably wasn't much wrong with him, but I

1:28.9

found I couldn't any longer bear the manner in which he accompanied every procedure with a stream of self-congratulatory comments.

1:35.6

There! That's excellent, he'd say, as he poked a chisel between my residual central incisors.

1:41.6

Perfect to exult, as his drill bore down on the exposed nerve at the bottom of my upper right lateral.

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