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Ruth wanted to sit at Sunday lunch and chew on both sides . A tooth on the left had cracked , and every meal had become a small negotiation . At home the dentist could see her , but not before that lunch , and not for a long stretch of meals after it . Her daughter Helen found a clinic in Budapest that could take her within the week . People do travel for teeth , and for joints , when the wait at home is the problem . Ruth did not want a tour of that subject . She wanted the one tooth . They went together . Helen had read enough to be nervous about the wrong things , and she kept two useful rules : ask who is treating you , and do not leave the same day . The clinic received patients from other countries , and a coordinator met them in English , so Ruth did not have to guess . In the chair she pointed at the cracked tooth and stopped explaining . The dentist showed her the plan on a screen before he started . She nodded . The repair took the morning . Afterwards he told her to rest that side until the next day , when he wanted to see it again . That second look was the reason they had a hotel . Helen had nearly booked the evening train . A repair that travels home with you still needs someone who can look at it in the morning . Their health policy at home would not pay for treatment they had chosen in another country , so the bill was theirs . Helen did not make a speech about the figure . She asked for the notes on paper , in words their own dentist could read , and she put the pages in the front of her bag . If the tooth complained later , the account of the work had to come back with them . On Sunday Ruth took a piece of bread and bit on the left . She waited , then took a second piece . Helen watched her face and saw nothing but chewing . That was the whole trip . Not a bargain , and not a new smile : one tooth that could meet a crust again .
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