Thank you, Grandmafrench. No worries now, as soon as I'd posted, the phone rang, the dentist had a cancellation and could I come in now. I did and the cleaning was quite painless as was the fixing of the broken tooth with no injection needed. I chickened out of one thing though, I had another broken tooth that would need extraction and would I have it done now? A step too far for me, another time I said. I regretted this somewhat when making the appointment, it won't be till September so I hope it will remain trouble-free meanwhile. The only painful moment was paying the bill....only private treatment is available at the moment.
I can now think of a bit of gardening or a walk this afternoon.