Comments on: Why Dentistry?

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10 Helpful Steps to Creating Change | Lolabees — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:48:48 +0000

[…] back to your roots. Why did you get into this career in the first place? Is the career giving you what you hoped to get out of it? Is it the warm […]

By: lolabees

lolabees — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:46:17 +0000

In reply to John Sear. Thanks a bunch, John! Sorry to hear how you've felt about your career choice. Obviously I can relate. I think a lot of people stick it out for various reasons. Those of you who do are much stronger than I am. I guess that the bright side after 25 years is that you are that much closer to retirement! ;) And at least you live in a really cool country...

By: John Sear

John Sear — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:31:26 +0000

Hey! Love your writing! I graduated from Sydney Uni (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) 25 years ago and have pretty much regretted/hated my “career” choice every day 🙁 But what to do? Keep well, John

By: lolabees

lolabees — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:29:19 +0000

In reply to Dr. Katharine Pope. I think a lot of us went into this career to please others. I know I did. That's wonderful that you have another passion to help balance it all out! Good luck with your ebook. I checked out your site, and it looks great!

By: Dr. Katharine Pope

Dr. Katharine Pope — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:02:19 +0000

Funny enough, I always ask fellow dentists, “What made you choose this career?” My dad is a pediatric dentist who (more or less) forced me to become one, as well. Never mind the fact that I’d been writing since the age of five, was really good with languages, and could out-grammar the English teacher.

I do have to say, though, that I was lucky enough to be able to merge dentistry and writing together, and hopefully I will be e-publishing the first book in my series this year. I’m grateful to have dentistry as a back-up and I do enjoy it, even if it’s not my first love.

By: lolabees

lolabees — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:38:33 +0000

In reply to Natalie.

Thank you so much, Natalie! I love to hear other people’s “Why Dentistry?” Sounds like you took the proper steps to figure out if it was for you. I think a lot of us get a little burnt out at this time. It really helped me to have “something else” in my life as I felt it was all dentistry, and I wasn’t having fun in my life in general. So maybe it is blogging for you, or maybe it’s photography, or tennis, or maybe some good dental CE like Pankey, Dawson, or Spear??? I’m sure that will lead you down the road to finding what you really want to do. Thanks for visiting the blog! Feel free to continue to chime in!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:04:52 +0000

I like your story, how your dental history influenced your choice later on in life. I decided in 6th or 7th grade to be a dentist. Before that I was going to be a brain surgeon but the more I found out about that, the more I realized you are in school FOREVER and it’s kind of scary to be responsible for someone’s brain. So I looked around and saw my orthodontist. Since I’d had headgear for awhile and was looking at braces soon, I saw him alot. He seemed like a pretty happy guy. Had a nice life, nice office, good gig. So I decided that I would be an orthodontist. When I was in high school my family dentist knew about my interest in dentistry so he hired me to be a dental assistant so I could see if I really liked it or not. His partner did a lot of ortho and I found out, well, I didn’t really like ortho, but I liked the other stuff. So I decided general dentistry was the job for me. It made getting through undergrad easier because I never wavered from my biology degree and plans. Except that wait to find out if I was accepted into a dental program or not was nerve-wracking since I had no backup plan. And here I am now, almost 10 years out from dental school, and wondering what else I could do because frankly, I’m kind of used up on the dental gig. But that’s a whole other story. Maybe I need to start blogging too. Thanks again for the entertaining post, you sure have a way with words.

By: lolabees

lolabees — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:23:18 +0000

In reply to amira. Thanks, Amira! Haha-- at least that helps make the appointment that much better ;)

By: amira

amira — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:40:32 +0000

when there is a bad tooth day, a dentist is the only one who can save us.
i admire all dentists. it’s noble and its courageous.
and mind you, i have huge crush on my dentist 😉
it took some visits to see him without his mask 🙂

By: lolabees

lolabees — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:58:36 +0000

In reply to martineden. Ooh-- maybe I should try that for my next career!