>>14275409It's fucking boring as shit after a couple of years. Mouths are gross. You get used to looking in them but it corrodes the spirit even if you stop feeling disgusted. No interesting problems to solve. Unlike doctors you don't get the same satisfaction of solving a problem or getting to know people.
Patients generally don't mind seeing their doctors and talking about their lives and problems but everyone hates going to the dentist. Some people are extremely distressed by it.
You're constantly in a position of thoracic flexion and tension through the cervical spinal muscles, leading to exotic headache and back pain varieties.
It's becoming clear that almost every dental problem we deal with is caused by western lifestyle and diet. It's distressing seeing how physically degenerated people are.
Instead of roping, I coped by going to med school and trained as a maxillofacial surgeon. A lot of shitty aspects to my job but I get to do genuinely rewarding work like reconstruction, trauma, emergency surgeries and corrective work for congenital abnormalities which makes a huge difference to people's lives.
