WHAT AFTER BDS – Story of One Dentist Deb

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THE FOLLOWING STORY IS COMPLETELY TRUE AS WELL AS A LITTLE FALSE AT THE SAME TIME .BUT THE STORY IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE GUYS DOING B.D.S .ITS A SALUTE TO THEIR FOOLISHNESS AS WELL AS STRUGGLE. ITS NOT THE STORY OF ONE DENTIST BUT MANY !!!

BUT DOES IT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING ? !!!!!

OK ENOUGH BLABBERED ! JUMP IN TO THE STORY GUYS .

This story follows a certain period of time in the life of our protagonist or a hero called DEB – the Dentist .( Well readers can put what ever background music they want while reading the 1st line ! … I say what about a Rajnikant background score !! )

One fine day after 12th exam  Deb sat down and thought what next. There was a lot of pressure on him to join medicine . But since he couldn’t get the cut off for medicine , he accepted what ever remaining came to him….. i.e. … BDS.

But in way he was happy as he thought that BDS will be relatively easier with less burden and that he will start earning soon.

After finishing four gruelling years of exams, vivas and travelling through the maze of undergraduate academic sessions, the young graduate reaches his first goal – intern ship. Enthusiasm and excitement about using the newly obtained knowledge abounds.

Somewhere along the road attending conferences, doing hands-on courses, going for observation to senior dentists or working as an associate dentist at measly sums, he becomes aware of the world outside, the realities start haunting more and more.

Expectations and contrast in comparison with his engineering and MBA friends earning 6 figure salaries are woefully highlighted.

When his friends and some of his cousin brothers and sisters have already started earning , deb is still slogging day in college and night in a seniors clinic with a paltry sum. What an irony !!!

He gets disillusioned with this noble job ! And lucrative Field of dentistry !!!. Was it a mistake getting into this profession? How can it be corrected? The million dollar question comes up.

Many questions start haunting Deb’s mind .

WHATS NEXT ? WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? HOW WILL MY FUTURE SHAPE UP AS A DENTIST COMPARED TO OTHERS ?

Questions , questions & Lots  of them ….. but no easy solution .

The most obvious choices are Private Practice or MDS

Almost all dentists aspire to have their own clinical setup with a flourishing practice someday. Opening a new, fancy clinic in an upmarket locality requires a lot of money to purchase/ rent a place and buy the latest equipment/ materials. Successful practice depends on his ability to keep maintaining his patients happy and satisfied by giving the best treatment at reasonable rates and maintaining excellent social and cordial contacts for community based practice is here to stay.

However the most common way  for deb  still remains – MDS….

He believes that a MDS degree will get him more patients, but there is no gurantee as securing  high earning practice always  takes a period of incubation.

Although Indian patients are gradually moving towards specialists for their dental treatment, that may not be the primary criteria.

The confidence gained during MDS is a definite advantage. In towns or Tier-II or Tier-III cities, he could open and manage a dental multispeciality centre having all dental consultants under one roof.

He stands a chance to get recruited by many pharmaceutical companies including implant, oral hygiene and regenerative material companies for their research activities and clinical trials. Also he can be a consultant to various clinics.

The doors of academics also open up to him, thereby assuring him of a job, with a definite source of income.

If he is looking for an affordable MDS degree, he may consider countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, Russia wherein his cost of education would reduce tremendously.But degrees from those countries are no more directly accepted in India. So its always better to do MDS in India. Either through entrance (that again is some times as easy as falling down from top of the Everest !!!!)

So option left is to do the MDS in a private college to avoid wasting years of career again. And considering he has right people in right sources getting a seat in a private college shouldn’t be that difficult.Hopefully.

Other Options –

If pursuit of PG is not an option, he can always look at continuing dental education programmes to enhance and update his clinical skill, knowledge and learn new treatment modalities to be incorporated in his clinical practice.
He can also look to settle abroad in either of the developed countries like US/UK/Australia/Canada. An initial period of struggle is required but the returns are enormous. Positions are also available in other countries, but information regarding that is limited.

The requirements are cracking tough entrance exams, work experience and having plenty of money to sustain him atleast initially, followed by a presumably well paying job in a hospital.

He may also consider the field of knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) which involves interpretation of his dental knowledge and servicing potential patients abroad or in India through the means of Internet or voice based calls.

The armed forces have always come to the rescue and provided solutions to almost every problem in India. Being part of the prestigious armed forces as a dentist/ specialist by clearing their entrance exams involves service to the nation by taking care of the oral health of army jawans, with a reasonable guaranteed job, pay, accommodation and other benefits at subsidised rates.

He can also look to take up a job in a government hospital or private hospital wherein dentistry is becoming increasingly important. Alternatively he may look at courses like Public Health (for WHO related jobs), MBA (for managing a hospital) or PGDMLS (for becoming a medico-legal advisor).

The use of custom made mobile dental treatment vans is also going to increase in the future and may be an interesting option.

Thus, these are few options which he can adequately investigate and pursue for a promising successful career, while still in the field of dentistry.

Of course, the most convenient option is to marry a WEALTHY SPOUSE  !!!

What  ! Marriage & Me !!!?  Of COURSE !!!

     

Dr.Deb  (A Happy Dentist)  MARRIED + MONEY

 

Mrs . Deb ( A happy dentist’s wife) MARRIED  AND LUCKY TO HAVE

DR.DEB AS HUSBAND  :O

Welcome to my marriage … And Am getting so much out of this marriage that being an MDS for 40 yrs can’t get me + a beautiful wife I love.

So my friends …. all stories have a chance for happy ending ,,, just like the story of Dr.Deb the dentist !!

Hallelujah.

“ONCE A HAPPY DENTIST, ALWAYS A HAPPY DENTIST “

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