Which is stressful? DDS vs MD

[daysinnnc]

I volunteer at the local hospital and i was listeing to doctor's conversation and they think dentist has the hardest job of all. since they have to work with dirty mouth everyday for 8-10 hrs while MDs only have to write some sort of prescription and done..

Is it really true? Is being a dentist very stressful?
I need ppl's feedback on this

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[armorshell]

It depends on how you handle stress, and what you consider stressful.

And dirty mouths? I'd rather deal with the entrance than the exit.

 

[SquidsLife]

I think you need to go to a dental office and observe for a day. That will help you the most.

Dirty mouths, eh? All i can say is that I would rather do what i do all day than having to stick a lubed finger up another guys wahoo to check their prostate....or squeeze the jewels to check for spermatoceles....or thread a catheter up the wee-hole!

 

[Jaybe]

I once knew an MD/DDS who practiced both Proctology and Dentistry in the same building to save on Overhead. I was shadowing him one day and he was just back and forth from Dirty Mouth to Prostate Exam and so forth all day long.

One thing I noticed was that it was alot easier to just have the dental patient brush their teeth when they arrived than to have the Prostate Exam patient Douche their *ss out real good.

Also, sometimes he would even see the same patient for a dental appointment and Prostate Exam on the same day. The patients usually wanted Doc to put the fingers in their mouth first, before they went 'In through the Out Door'. I guess even patients are smart enough to know that the mouth is much less disgusting than the *ss. I wonder when MDs will figure it out.

 

[DrMom]

duplicate in pre-dent. closing this one.