Dental Practice Management: 10 People Not Fit For A Career In Dentistry
Will you advise a youngster to join dentistry as a career? Do you feel you have all that it takes to be successful in dentistry? What are some of the difficult points about a career in dentistry? Read this by a young dentist to know the answers to the above questions.
6. The Rebels Of The System
In the process of becoming a dentist, there would be times when you would be yelled at, laughed at, sometimes ridiculed or even punished for some unreasonable things.
Apparently, these things are part of your training, by the end of which you would become immune to everything.
However, if the rebel in you refuses to remain silent, you would make the things more complicated for you. There are so many variables and people involved in dentistry, that you cannot afford to be a rebel or a shaker.
The golden rule would be-Never argue.Â
Never do something similar to the picture below.
If you are the one who is rebellious and aims at starting a revolution, then change yourself 😀
Learn to be silent
7. The Weak Hearted – Panic Button Prone
If you are the one who would cry at the drop of a hat, then you are just not emotionally made for dentistry.
In dentistry, expect things to go wrong at the most crucial moment. For example, the exam dates.
They always manage to give you tension 😀
You might get ditched by your patient before your exam; your model might fall and break, your ‘just perfect’ restoration might just crumble in a moment and much more!
Here are some of the most stressful aspects of dentistry in a dental collegeÂ
- Medical & Dental exams are very very stressful. The exam dates always come as a surprise.
- The marking pattern is such that sometimes students fail just by one mark.
- There are instances where students do well, in theory. However, the teacher gives a little score in practical without any substantial reason.
- Commonly all these factors take a lot out of a dental student. Long hours of study, rigorous curriculum, clinical cases & finding patients for exams.
- It all sounds tough but in reality, it much more challenging.
- You might get ditched by your patient on the day of your exam. Your model might fall and break, your ‘just perfect’ restoration might crumble in a moment and much more!
- It is like a lengthy game that keeps running for the entire year and then the fate of the whole year depends on the exam only.
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If you are not strong enough to handle all these stressful situations you might just collapse midway.
- It gets very frustrating. However, you cannot do anything but just shout when you are alone.
If you are not strong enough to handle stressful situations you might just collapse midway.
However, if you are into dentistry, then it is better you toughen up fast if you are not yet already.
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