Summary
I T'S HARD to figure out the appeal of dentistry as a profession, especially in a country with a renegade approach to oral hygiene. Having to poke round the neglected mouths of any bozo that flops into your leather chair is bad enough. But people actually "hate" coming to see you. That's what they say. Most normal people say they "hate" going to the dentist. After all, nobody goes there for a treat. Unless, of course, your idea of fun is trying to figure out how to breathe through your nose while two smiling assassins shove sharp objects, cotton wool and Plasticine down your throat.
Would-be dentists must get some sort of endurance training at medical school. It's probably not unlike the army. A drill sergeant bellowing in their ear, telling them filling teeth is for "maggots" and suggesting they will do unspeakable things to their family if root canal surgery goes wrong. It's tough love, but much-needed. They have to get used to the fact they are about to embark on a career that makes them about as popular as a City banker quaffing champagne next to a Job Centre.See the full content of this document
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Why We're All Pure Dentalists
To our credit, we don't seem to personalise our loathing for going to the dentist. We know this because dental surgeries rarely have to tell angry people to calm down. They don't put up signs telling idiots not to physical...
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