Recently someone was telling me about a medical mission trip to a poor Central American country. The experience had left her with a positive impression and an openness to participating again in such an endeavor. All this was very good. However, I was stopped short after she said she found it really interesting when a dentist she was assisting said, “These children actually feel very little pain when I work on their teeth.” I asked her to clarify. She said that he had explained they were almost desensitized to the pain. I quickly corrected her that this dentist was wrong about them not feeling the same pain every child, or…