Sir, - With reference to Tom O'Dea's Irishman's Diary of August 7th on dentists calling themselves "doctors", you may be amused to know that some dentists now have "Doctor on Call" stickers on their cars parked outside their "surgeries" to avoid paying parking meter charges.
Oh, the meanness and pretentiousness of it all! - Yours, etc.,
Thomas Joseph, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4.