Becoming a Dentist?
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Deep
I save teeth too !! ..............LOL
I don't hold peoples life in my hand ten times a day............there again I don't get the extra PA's and merit / distinction awards etc that medics do !!
hosp docs pee all over me where pay is concerned rightly or wrongly.
Lifetime pay for medics beats NHS dentist hands down !
Midlife.....
I save teeth too !! ..............LOL
I don't hold peoples life in my hand ten times a day............there again I don't get the extra PA's and merit / distinction awards etc that medics do !!
hosp docs pee all over me where pay is concerned rightly or wrongly.
Lifetime pay for medics beats NHS dentist hands down !
Midlife.....
I can tell you something else. The average wage of a GP is 25% more than a hospital consultant at the top of the old contract scale. Figure that one out!! They don't even do any on calls anymore, its all deputised out
Alcazar, all the guys I know who did medicine at Oxbridge were offered EE. The stronger the candidate, the lower the offer. Sounds weird but thats the way it is(or was anyway!) Obviously these guys never got EE they always got AAAA( when an A grade used to mean something!!)
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Deep: Ok mate, but it doesn't alter the fact of what I said: you NEED higher grades to get in to be a dentist
I bet none of them were offered EE?
Alcazar
I bet none of them were offered EE?Alcazar
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Deep Singh
Alcazar, you miss the point perhaps. In medicine you are often offered 2 Es, especially at Oxbridge. This is because they know the candidate will get much higher, its just to prove that they really want them
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Originally Posted by Deep Singh
This is the issue. Ask a dentist about his job and he will tell how little he works for a large amount of money. Ask a medic about his job and he will tell about someones life he has had a positive impact on, maybe even saved
Peterpeter all you can say is that you earn four times as much as a Dr. Maybe, but thats not the be and end all of it. Plenty of people earn 4 times as much as a Dr, so what?
As for your brother wishing he was a dentist, I think thats wishful thinking on your part. When he is a consultant he will be saving the sight of many. Ask a blind man what he would give for his sight and you have some idea about what I'm talking about. The feeling when a parent thanks him for saving their babies sight is an experience you will never know.
I'm not trying to put you down my friend, but you save teeth, we save life and limb. You get paid many times more, I'm happy to accept that because you never have the humbling experience of holding a life in your hands ten times a day. That is priceless, it keeps me grounded.
Peterpeter all you can say is that you earn four times as much as a Dr. Maybe, but thats not the be and end all of it. Plenty of people earn 4 times as much as a Dr, so what?
As for your brother wishing he was a dentist, I think thats wishful thinking on your part. When he is a consultant he will be saving the sight of many. Ask a blind man what he would give for his sight and you have some idea about what I'm talking about. The feeling when a parent thanks him for saving their babies sight is an experience you will never know.
I'm not trying to put you down my friend, but you save teeth, we save life and limb. You get paid many times more, I'm happy to accept that because you never have the humbling experience of holding a life in your hands ten times a day. That is priceless, it keeps me grounded.
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Originally Posted by David Lock
My wife qualified as a dentist and cared very much about her patients so please keep your generalisations to yourself. This was some years back when it was 5 1/2 years at uni. Then you could go straight into Dentistry probably as an Associate or do what my wife did which was spend some time in a hospital before going into practice. Very stressful work at that time and very high suicide rate as a profession. dl
i had a dentist with your name many years ago, was one of the best i came accross, was extremley helpfull with my problem and treatment.
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Originally Posted by mart360
Are you a dentist also???
i had a dentist with your name many years ago, was one of the best i came accross, was extremley helpfull with my problem and treatment.
Mart
i had a dentist with your name many years ago, was one of the best i came accross, was extremley helpfull with my problem and treatment.
Mart
No Mart, I was just a thicko engineer, concrete and stuff. Glad to hear that there are some other decent David Locks though
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Its not a profession i would partake of,
i have much admiration for these people, however some seem to forget its a two way partnership...
i needes some work doing last year, and i rang a local dentist for a chat...
the answer" oh no you dont tell us what you would like doing, we tell you what where going to do!"
so the requiurements of the patients needs are totally out of the window...
somtimes they take there professional ethos to the extreme...
quick note...
when a patient wants to have his teeth out for health reasons, and is refered for those reasons, accept that that is what is going to happen.. dont try to give him a you dont want to do that spiel.. it causes more distress!!
Mart
sitting here with the effects of anasthesia and a gob full of stiches!!!
no more dentists ever!!!!!
mart
i have much admiration for these people, however some seem to forget its a two way partnership...
i needes some work doing last year, and i rang a local dentist for a chat...
the answer" oh no you dont tell us what you would like doing, we tell you what where going to do!"
so the requiurements of the patients needs are totally out of the window...
somtimes they take there professional ethos to the extreme...
quick note...
when a patient wants to have his teeth out for health reasons, and is refered for those reasons, accept that that is what is going to happen.. dont try to give him a you dont want to do that spiel.. it causes more distress!!
Mart
sitting here with the effects of anasthesia and a gob full of stiches!!!
no more dentists ever!!!!!
mart
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