Everything Sounds Better with Math: A Measure-Zero Set of Dental Pain
A patient calls cavities 'point discontinuities of oral hygiene'; the dentist promises filling them is 'a measure-zero set of dental pain'.
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A patient calls cavities 'point discontinuities of oral hygiene'; the dentist promises filling them is 'a measure-zero set of dental pain'.