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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a dentist and I would NEVER encourage anyone to go into it. And this comes from someone who sincerely loves the science and artistry of dentistry. It’s the people aspect that is soul-crushing. I am lucky to have wonderful employees but if any of them leave my business would be on life support as it is now EXTREMELY difficult to find employees. There is a nationwide hygienist shortage with them demanding more in pay than dentists do working in corporate dental office or even as associates. Patients have gotten more entitled and mean, particularly after Covid. Kids are graduating with $500,000-700,000 of student loan debt. There is no way they can make that worthwhile. PE is the worst thing to happen and it’s getting worse—they have now started their own dental schools that require no admissions tests and they have no clinical areas for them to learn but instead put them in “outreach clinics” which I can only assume are their corporate office where they work on paying patients. It’s completely messed up. And don’t even get me started on dental insurance. It was started in the 50s and the maximum amount has hardly changed at all yet the cost of employees, lab bills, supplies, utilities etc has gone up exponentially. You should google the salaries of insurance CEOs and then for fun compare it what it was pre-Covid. [/quote]

Thank you for your insight. Can you let us know your income?[/quote]

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