This is a really depressing thread.....
The entire dental community should be trying to look out for each other....not rip each other to pieces the rest of society, government, and insurance companies will try and do that for us.
OMFS in general need to stick together.....we have a great specialty
Sadly what happens is life in the hospital starts to warp perspectives (the hospital is a brutal hierarchy) and cause major ego dysfunction.....
There are alot of great OMFS (duel and single degree guys) on the front lines doing crazy procedures and pushing the scope of our field and thats amazing, but what happens is a void starts to form between the bread and butter guys and these "elites." Sadly that breeds some contempt, instead both sides need to remember they are on the same team. Those guys enjoying 3rds in the office w/IV sed need to give props and respect to those who go on for additional training and are in the trenches of the hospital. Those doing fellowships and big procedures need to remember that those guys throwing 3rds and implants in the office are bringing in the $$$ to cont to support AAOMS.
Also OMFS in general need to stop being a$$holes to GP's and other dental specialists.....while you are reading up on free flaps you may miss out on developing implant technology and new virtual restorative treatment planning software. It would be wise for the OMFS team (esp those who place alot of implants) to spend sometime with GP's at their study groups and meetings to appreciate changes in the dental field and what we can do to make the GP's life better/more efficient.
OMFS in general needs to respect itself and remember its primary goal is to be masters at dentoalveolar surgery. Its amazing and awesome that we get to do mega procedures outside of that but it would be wise to remember the dreams of regenerative techniques using bioreactors and insane cancer procedures will be built on a scaffold of titanium, teeth, and bone. Don't neglect what puts food on the table and funds our continuing development or you may wake up one day and find yourself extinct.
The hospital is a brutal place....don't let it divide you from dentisty. Medicine in general is a hot mess right now and is on the cutting block. The dental field needs all the backup it can get from everyone, otherwise you may have someone else calling the shots for you one day.
except for perio...those guys are the worst