Who would have thought that dentistry could be so humorous! Tussling with a patient's jealous husband, manhandling old ladies, and restraining an over-zealous dental student from molesting a buxom young woman are not the sort of situations a dentist expects to have to face. His landlord is a dental phobic, the housekeeper is a hypochondriac and the practice owner, Spencer Padginton, has plans to implement major changes to the surgery without spending a single penny. Justin's relationships with women remain stormy in spite of somewhat dubious guidance from his philandering friend, Richard Darcy, and he is thrown completely when he meets someone with whom he might want to spend the rest of his life. This is the sequel to Justin Derwent's first book, 'Practice Makes Perfect' and continues with the memoirs of his early days in general practice in the 1970s.