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When I was about eight years old after Kate went missing and before our family dentist in Nottingham put his dental businesses for sale, I learned from him that all our teeth are coded according to certain dental characteristics.

Primary codes are V, I, X, M, O, D, F, L, and secondary codes are C and R for the 32 teeth of an identified person. Where V may mean that all teeth are present and not restored as a default, X indicates a missing tooth either from extraction or for congenial reasons. These codes often also reflect tooth surfaces, such as O for Occlusal and L for lingual surfaces, or for treatments like R for cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/articles/root-canal.html.

These tooth codes are very important because they not only help dentists identify existing or missing teeth, conditions, and treatments, but also function as a “language” to communicate future treatment for specific teeth. Other than dentistry treatments, these codes can assist in finding missing people with unique coding characteristics, or help identify people who have died.

Tooth codes are recorded for each person’s dental records used by dentists for best patient care. And there are also rules and interpretation measures associated with these codes that contribute to effective patient record-keeping. I learned all of this from my dentist when I was eight years old, and I then became a dentist because I was fascinated in the way that dental records could be used to find missing people, like my friend Kate.

Although not as fantastical as the uses for lasers dreamed up by science fiction writers, hair and tattoo removal can make a significant impact on a person’s confidence and life by shifting the unsightly and the unwanted.

Laser hair removal can prove to be a permanent solution to recurring growths of body hair which stubbornly persist after repeated shaving or wax treatments, which can be time consuming and expensive in the long run. Utilising the powerful light of the laser to eradicate the hair follicles, the procedure is a safe, quick and long lasting answer to a problem that can impede your quality of life by lowering self esteem. Discomfort is minimal and should not dissuade you from undergoing the treatment. However, a change in pigment can occur on the treated area, and this side-effect should be discussed with the professional treating you before undergoing the process.

Laser tattoo removal operates along the same lines as hair removal and can bring about the same benevolent results. You may regret a tattoo for a number of reasons: it reminds you of a person or a time in your life you wish to forget, it is hampering your ability to progress professionally or perhaps you feel it sets a bad example to your children and you wish to set a new one. The procedure entails the concentrated laser blasting and dispersing the ink. There is more chance of damage to the skin than in hair removal due to the repeated treatments required and this must be kept in mind. The cost is also more than hair removal and an elaborate tattoo can take a lot of time and money to eradicate.

If you do decide to undergo laser hair or tattoo removal, do some research and find the best practitioner, discuss the process and side-effects (infertility has not been found to have any relation to treatment) which may result from it and weigh up the pros and cons before starting. Laser removal can certainly make a great change to your life, but ensure you are as well informed as possible.