“Every evening from 7pm until late,” Ade replied. “Everyone is welcome if they come bearing enough Credits! However, very unusually I have some work to do today, so as the Doctor says, I’ll have to cancel it.”

“Well, I guess I should go take care of my friend D’Nesh for bit the poor thing,” said Stella. “Well gentlemen take care and have a good evening now!” she bid them farewell and as she walked away the slight scent of honeysuckle lingered in the air behind her.

Ade was packed ready to go. He looked to Hunter’s puzzled face. “I do like a challenge!” he said. “I think that as a player, she would be an extremely difficult to read!”

Hunter made sure Stella had left and was not within earshot ‘’ Most definitely ‘’ he replied back.

Hunter Dr.

“In that case… I’ll see you in Sickbay!” Ade replied.

Once his bag was packed, Ade left and made his way to Sickbay. Doctor Hunter had mentioned that his patient, D’Nesh was not yet quite ready for dentistry work on her broken teeth. Ade had already seen how she reacted to people doing anything to her that she didn’t like, and so he was happy to wait until she was really quite ready, and probably heavily sedated too. However, he did need to tidy up his office cum surgery before it was ready for a new patient. Actually, you couldn’t really call it an office or a surgery, as it was barely much larger than a cloakroom or broom cupboard. Space in Sickbay was at a premium, and Ade wasn’t sure that Doctor Cross liked him much. However, it was large enough to perform the necessary procedures that he could offer.

Ade did offer a wide range of treatments for maintaining oral health, such as routine check-ups, cleanings, and fillings, as well as restorative services like crowns, bridges, and root canals. Other services include cosmetic treatments like teeth whitening and veneers, orthodontic care for straightening teeth, and surgical options like wisdom tooth removal and dental implants. For more urgent issues, emergency dental care was also available.

Long gone are the days when teeth were extracted by physically pulling them one at a time under crude anaesthetics, now he uses a specialist transporter-based device, which removes complete teeth and their roots with minimal pain, but do be careful to sit perfectly still in the chair. These days, he doesn’t get much work, except for that one time we found the parasitic calcareous aliens.

He took the most direct route via the turbolift.

• Ade, Dentist