A British family visiting Bermuda on holiday were stunned this week when a local dentist did some dental work to restore their daughter's smile ? and did not charge the family a cent.

Paris Clarke, 10, from Croydon was at the snorkel park in Dockyard this week with her identical twin sister, Rio "Twinkle", when she slipped and fell, breaking one of her front teeth in half.

Trying to stay calm, their mother Kay called her brother, Alan, who works for Cable and Wireless and was told to go to his dentist, Dr. John Dickinson straight away.

On the way there all Mrs. Clarke could think about was the fact that they still had two weeks left in Bermuda before flying home and that anything could happen to her daughter's tooth before then.

"It could rot, or she could be in a lot of pain. I was expecting the worst," she said, adding that she could see from Paris' face that she was thinking she would never be identical to her sister again.

But after waiting only five minutes in Dr. Dickinson's office, Paris was whisked away and an hour later had her brilliant smile restored.

"He looked at Twinkle's teeth to see what to do... because they're identical twins and even their teeth are the same and by the time he was finished, we couldn't tell them apart again."

Mrs. Clarke said she had medical insurance and started filling out all the forms, only to be told at the front desk that they would have to pay cash.

She said she panicked, thinking that it would cost the rest of their holiday money.

"He turned around and said 'you're on holiday, you did not come here to see a dentist so go and enjoy the rest of your vacation', it was amazing!"

She said he was a brilliant dentist, not just because he did not charge them for the service, but because he did such a great job.

Adding with a laugh that if they had more dentists like him in England, "British children would have better teeth".

"My sister-in-law was waiting in the car for us and she couldn't tell the difference between the girls," she said.

"Something that made Paris very happy."

Mrs. Clarke said she could not remember seeing a sign at the snorkel park warning children that the floor was slippery, or that everyone used it at their own risk.

"If there is no sign, they really should put one up... someone might sue them in the future," she said.

"We won't, we're English, we don't do that kind of thing."

The family returned to Dr. Dickinson's practice on Friday to thank him for what he had done, but unfortunately Dr. Dickinson is off-Island, so the family handed a gift to his staff to keep for him. The family return to Bermuda every year for five weeks' holiday and say this experience has just proven once again what a wonderful and generous Island Bermuda is ? with the twins' smiles as proof.