Dentist Blog
18 07 2004Bloggers, especially the ones whose feeds I tend to subscribe to almost always working in the tech field. Sometimes I wonder what bloggers from other industries put down in their blog - in short, what would a dentist’s blog look like?
Today I saw five patients, the last and longest appointment took a whole five minutes! I am pleased to report however that I had a 80% survival rate, the last patient rudely decided not to recover from the gas after I drove the drill through their skull.
Anyway, I am exhausted - time for a round of golf.
Ho hum.
Did you ever notice that there is never a serious treatment of a dentist in our popular media. Usually the dentist is portrayed as a buffoon and an object worthy of derision. One way people deal with anxiety is to make a joke of it. The public’s hit parade of fear-provoking healing art professions is #1=psychiatists, #2= OB-Gyn and #3 dentists. We all have heard the level of jokes made about these fear-inspiring professions. I don’t think there will ever be a high drama TV series called ER-Dentist. Of course we all try to minimize our exposure to dentists, but once in a while it is really nice to have a toothache professionally ministered to by one of these assholes.
As a dentist in training I can honestly say none of my patients has died in my chair, yet…. Yep, just a few month’s and I’ll be an asshole too!! hahahah
But a fun story though!!
Funny - I’m a dentist and have been thinking about starting a blog.
A metacrawler search turned up this gentleman, a dentist in California. He seems to be more concerned with political issues of the state than dental issues. I believe he supports the Republicans, which I guess makes sense being in the highest tax bracket and all:
http://flapsblog.blogspot.com/
this is a young dentist, even younger than my 29 years who is reporting from post-Saddam Iraq. Intriguing.
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
You can be sure HE doesn’t knock off work early to play golf.
I’m sure your comment above was meant to be humorous and all. I’m sure we could all imagine doing the same with the tech field:
“Sat around in front of computer playing online games while pretending to solve IT problems that I myself have created for co-workers. Drank 3 pints of coffee and ate 7 donuts. Not quite a record, but close! Blogged for about 2 hrs and worked on erotic Harry Potter meets Star Wars fanfic for another 2 hrs. Having Hermione hook up with Han and Leia’s son is TOTALLY a stroke of genius! Ooh, time to put on a tie and mop up the donut crumbs! I’ve got a meeting with some gullible venture capitalists who want to invest in my new site: http://www.iamaturtle.org/ given the success of “i want to marry an ugle millionaire” site. hahaha!”
I myself spend up to 10 hours a day working for a non-profit, treating medicaid and uninsured patients who would otherwise not receive any care. Almost all of them are astounded by how relatively comfortable dentistry can be nowadays. Also, many other dentists in my southeastern New Hampshire community volunteer at our clinic.
Because there aren’t a ton of oral surgeons or endodontists (root canals) who want to see folks who can’t pay, I end up doing a lot of those procedures as well, which, remarkably, last longer than five minutes.
I myself am a terrible golfer. I like to toss back a few pints while playing darts. When I start my blog, it will most likely be a mix of genuninely life-affirming stories of how our clinic has helped to literally change people’s lives (ie, now they have front teeth, albeit false ones, so they can get a job, get off welfare, not take anti-depressives, etc) or humorous anecdotes about some of the more colorful characters who we see. (”Yes, could you write me some Oxycontin?” “Um, for a filling?!?” “I’m very sensitive.”
No golf.
Hey Nate - thanks for the long post - funny!
When you get your blog started don’t forget to post a link to it here, I’d love to subscribe to it!
Hey Mitch - I’m all of three entries into my newbie blog….check it out at your leisure. in future entries I plan to discuss what sort of music I like playing while I work, as well as more humorous anecdotes from the dental field… stay tuned….
http://360.yahoo.com/notay
OK, just ignore the last post - here is my New and Improved Dentist Blog. much classier, and, I might add, due to some timely advice about crawl-ability. Adios!
It is really funny blog! Yo, author!
I am actually about to start a dentist blog. I plan to write about news not what I did that day.
This Blog is really helpful to me. Its a learning experience. Hope everyone feels the same.
Sally Wade
http://www.dentistspalate.com
I have been a practising dentist for 18 years. The only “assholes” I have delt with are the patients.
Most dentists have a pathologic fear of speaking the truth about the people who wonder into their offices.I do not. Not any more.I shall put down the subject in the below list. If you have the guts to read the truth about the silly shit we dentists put up with on a daily basis from the public ,you pick the topic from this list below. Thats it.
LIST: Entrapment
Insurance Theft
Sexual entrapment
Dental equipment theft
Blackmail
Persciption Drug abuse
” I forgot my checkbook in the car”
Fraud
Lying about AIDS STATUS
Lying about HEPITITIS STATUS
SUPER BONUS SUBECT!!!!! : “The Rich Dentist”
DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO RESPoND??????
I started this dentalblog site last June. It is a collection of information that would be useful for dentists.
http://www.dentalblogs.com
Hi, I started a weblog because I think dentists and staff can be happier than a lot of them seem to be. I think we tend to underestimate what we can expect from people and set low expectations. I think we get what we expect when we do that. Set high expectations and see what happens. Visit my weblog and see what you think. http://dentalpracticemanagement.typepad.com
Feedback always welcome. Dr.Weston, interesting list :), hope to see you at my blog.
Thanks, Linda
Hi Linda,
Thanks for the link. I’m going to spend some time digesting your “talk amongst yourselves” post - there is probably some wisdom in there that extends beyond dental practices.
I also have a blog. Mine is for general dental education for the public.
Hi there New York Dentist,
Good stuff. Adding useful content to the blogosphere
excellent content some funny jokes
nice site please visit mine http://www.kissdental.co.uk
huurah Dr. Weston. You forgot.. taking it up the rear by your superior dentist boss. Especially if your female.. and not in the erotic way. In what other profession does everyone hate you eternally???!!!
Wow. One simple post so much venom.
I had been thinking of writing a blog for my practice, but now Im unsure!
lol … i hope real dentistry is really like that… that wud b so cool
That is really funny. I had a good laugh. I hope you’re kidding though. I like to think I have a good real “dentist blog.”
http://netdentista.com
Mais nada!
I’ve always wanted to be a Dental Hygienist but I’m terrified of the dentist! i don’t know what it is about the chair that makes me squirm. When I was there the last time I had 4 cavities! My appointment to get them filled is tomorrow, can anyone show me there’s nothing to be afraid of??
I started a dental blog this year.
http://agdblogs.blogspot.com/
You all should take a look.
Lots of stuff goes on everyday in the life of a dentist.
Some serious, some hilarious.
I’m not a dentist, but I do run a dental care blog. I don’t focus on things that I know nothing about, such the more technical side of dentistry. I do, however, try to spread the preventative care message as much as a non-dentist can.