Dentist personalities and consequences

[hs2013]

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"Researchers are finding that many personality traits that characterize a good dentist are also traits that predispose to depression in mid-life, drug and alcohol abuse and the attendant risk of suicide. Among such traits are:

(1) compulsive attention to details;

(2) extreme conscientiousness;

(3) careful control of emotions;

(4) unrealistic expectations of himself or herself and others (i.e. employees and patients);

(5) a marked dependence on individual performance and prestige"

Lol I feel like I identify with all of these traits.... I'M DOOMED.


Anyone else....

 

[cacajuate]

Those are the characteristics of any successful business people.

Being a dentist doesn't predispose you for depression. A chemical imbalance in your brain does. Can we just let the 'dentist like to kill themselves' die already?

 

[waldo13]

Those are the characteristics of any successful business people.

Being a dentist doesn't predispose you for depression. A chemical imbalance in your brain does. Can we just let the 'dentist like to kill themselves' die already?

Pun intended lol. I agree, those traits are for any person who is successful

 

[hs2013]

Those are the characteristics of any successful business people.

Being a dentist doesn't predispose you for depression. A chemical imbalance in your brain does. Can we just let the 'dentist like to kill themselves' die already?

Lol but I feel like it is those characteristics that drive me insane sometime over analyzing/over thinking things... or just worrying about stupid nonsense

 

[Greyangel6]

Haha it beats being a suicidal simpleton. I think I made the right choice.

 

[dyesht]

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[Mad Jack]

"Researchers are finding that many personality traits that characterize a good dentist are also traits that predispose to depression in mid-life, drug and alcohol abuse and the attendant risk of suicide. Among such traits are:

(1) compulsive attention to details;

(2) extreme conscientiousness;

(3) careful control of emotions;

(4) unrealistic expectations of himself or herself and others (i.e. employees and patients);

(5) a marked dependence on individual performance and prestige"

Lol I feel like I identify with all of these traits.... I'M DOOMED.


Anyone else....

You'll be inevitably successful before you crash and burn tho. Is it not better to have lived life to its fullest and burned out than to slowly fade away?

 

[SXCoronado]

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[techyguy]

I guess this is the source:
http://www.oralhealthgroup.com/news/stress-in-dentistry--it-could-kill-you/1000214585/?&er=NA

It's kind of long. I don't feel like doing a good job reading that, nor do I expect anyone else to, and I can't decide how I feel about all this. Hrmph.

 

[DentalDoge]

I guess this is the source:
http://www.oralhealthgroup.com/news/stress-in-dentistry--it-could-kill-you/1000214585/?&er=NA

It's kind of long. I don't feel like doing a good job reading that, nor do I expect anyone else to, and I can't decide how I feel about all this. Hrmph.

If any of this is true. Physicians are pretty much dead right when they get out of residency.

Isolation? Confinement? Im pretty sure my dentist has no less than 10 hygienists + miscellaneous amount of office workers + working with 2 associates. Takes his F458 out on the weekends because it starts on Thursday at 5 pm.

If you look at the references, the "recent studies" are decades old. Because they cant find any recent studies.

 

[Cello]

I wonder how depressing it is to be on welfare and food stamps living in a bad part of town....

 

[SCDP]

If any of this is true. Physicians are pretty much dead right when they get out of residency.

Isolation? Confinement? Im pretty sure my dentist has no less than 10 hygienists + miscellaneous amount of office workers + working with 2 associates. Takes his F458 out on the weekends because it starts on Thursday at 5 pm.

If you look at the references, the "recent studies" are decades old. Because they cant find any recent studies.

Now how many dentists actually achieve the financial success to afford a F458? Does this dude have multiple offices or just own one extremely busy office with 2 associates working for him?

Also, if he is an owner I'm sure it's not just Mon-Thurs performing dentistry for him, there has to be a lot more hours he puts in in the business side of things...

 

[DentalDoge]

Now how many dentists actually achieve the financial success to afford a F458? Does this dude have multiple offices or just own one extremely busy office with 2 associates working for him?

Also, if he is an owner I'm sure it's not just Mon-Thurs performing dentistry for him, there has to be a lot more hours he puts in in the business side of things...

That was besides the point.

But I really am not sure, he's one of the first dentist I shadowed and didnt talk too much about his personal finance. Nor would I think it's an appropriate topic. Luckily, my OMS love to share with me the details of his practice ... and his dental school tuition in the 80's, $7000 ... total for four years.

 

[SCDP]

That was besides the point.

But I really am not sure, he's one of the first dentist I shadowed and didnt talk too much about his personal finance. Nor would I think it's an appropriate topic. Luckily, my OMS love to share with me the details of his practice ... and his dental school tuition in the 80's, $7000 ... total for four years.

Yea tuition was ridiculous back in the day, dude who graduated dental school in 70's had a tuition of around $4000 all four years.... I HATE THIS WORLD......

 

[Proxybrush15]

The tuition hike from UG to dental school is staggaring