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Answer the following question.

Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it?

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The poet went to the dentist for fillings and drilling. She lay in the chair of an old dentist who was drilling into her teeth with his machine. She could have avoided all these if she had taken proper care of her teeth.

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Chapter 2.5: Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth - Exercise [Page 80]

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Chapter 2.5 Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth
Exercise | Q 5.2 | Page 80

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