The gratuitous nature of it doesn't bother me as much as the issue that dentistry doesn't seem to have arrived at the 21st century yet. If you break a finger,

The gratuitous nature of it doesn't bother me as much as the issue that dentistry doesn't seem to have arrived at the 21st century yet. If you break a finger, the orthopedist doesn't usually give you a finger canal that removes all of the nerves, blood vessels, and bone marrow and replaces it with some kind of resin composite. Though I guess they are into expensive and horribly invasive hip and knee replacements. It seems that minimally invasive dentistry is a thing - hopefully it will catch on.