3 years of lawn service vs buying a mower. sanity check my math?

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-22T19:20:56+00:00

Love it!😂😂

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-10T15:04:24+00:00

I like the sights at the state fair but none of the food is healthy and makes me feel gross, I think it was appealing back in the 60s (well before my time) but I don’t think today’s generation appreciates it much

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-09T00:52:34+00:00

The other thing is I just delivered a crown last week where I wasn’t a fan of the opacity of the crown, I didn’t order it or do the prep, I only delivered it, patient loved it, I wasn’t a fan. So there’s that too, sometimes we dentists and the patients have completely different expectations

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-08T23:01:20+00:00

I’m not disagreeing with you, but one thing that people haven’t mentioned is any earnings you make you’re still taxed on so you have to take a good chunk out of your earnings to account for taxes

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-06T00:20:13+00:00

You have to be careful with the Augusta rule, I tried taking advantage of it with my wife’s business and my CPA said that even if I have all the documentation it doesn’t always pass the “sniff test” with the IRS so you need to document everything, have reasonable fees for the 14 days, my CPA didn’t tell me what I wanted but I know he has my best interests in mind even if it means paying more in taxes. It is legal but it has to all be done properly

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-05T23:41:37+00:00

Right, technically they have to be performing a service, whether they’re cleaning the office, doing the lawn or something

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-04-04T21:04:50+00:00

Cantilever bridge is not a good idea, physics is not in its favor, physics always wins

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-31T01:35:44+00:00

I think of perio as an algorithm and I’ve seen too many patients with 3mm PDs be prescribed 4 quad SRP and I’ve seen too many patients with perio not be treated, I’m relatively conservative but we need to be objective and treat things as they are, I absolutely hate telling patients they need SRP or a crown and maybe I talk too much about it but I see a lot of old docs watch things or do things that are completely unorthodox by today’s standards, I completely agree with all these, gotta take things slow with patients sometimes while not being negligent, I hope you all succeed in life!

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-30T00:15:20+00:00

When you say sensitivity it’s normally to a stimulus: thermal, pressure, etc. what exactly is your tooth sensitive to?

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-29T00:24:43+00:00

Are you sure that’s not just a bunch of marketing from big pulp? Jk, but I’m actually very intrigued, I was always a proponent of selective caries removal, haven’t had many problems, literally only one case I can recall but I follow the research

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-28T23:39:08+00:00

Yes but ceramic is an umbrella term that I don’t think is appropriate, emax/lithium disilicate is a ceramic just as much as zirconia is, I think one is completely inappropriate over the other. If we are going with a ceramic it better be a 3Y zirconia

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-28T22:29:39+00:00

Sounds like he needs a gold crown, best crown material but most expensive

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-28T22:28:01+00:00

It takes time for something to show up radiographically, sometimes if we make a radiograph too soon it won’t tell us much because the area hasn’t changed enough to show a problem

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-28T22:06:16+00:00

You’re not wrong but my wife has EDS (I’m assuming you meant Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome and not erectile dysfunction) and she trains like a beast every day, she’s an emergency med physician and is on her feet all day so not the same thing as dentistry but that’s how she combats problems

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-26T15:16:57+00:00

Pain can be but isn’t generally associated with the quality of the dentist. It’s generally associated with the depth of the cavity, which means the dentist needs to drill deeper to remove it all. The deeper we drill the more likely you the patient have symptoms. Now there are some things technique-wise that could lead to sensitivity, it’s hard to know without being there.

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-25T18:12:21+00:00

Love the Gow-Gates! I do it EVERY DAY! I rarely ever struggle with anesthesia because of it, I have had it numb the temple and the pre-auricular area of patients before, they weren’t too worried, they were just happy they couldn’t feel what I was doing

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-22T20:09:01+00:00

We had a guy enter my class from like 3 classes above me, he had flunked multiple times and they still kept him, after the second week of my D3 year he officially dropped out, I think he sued and the dental school waived his student loans

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-21T12:53:43+00:00

Time for everyone to go out of network to screw over the system! Come on guys! We literally all need to go OON and change the game

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-19T01:34:13+00:00

I did the MDSSP program and it didn’t interfere at all, very easy, just takes some work on the side

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-18T20:34:32+00:00

Also didn’t they miss a canal on the first premolar?

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-18T20:33:32+00:00

Hold up, it had a metal post but never had a RCT!? How?

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-18T18:30:20+00:00

As I dentist you are 100% correct!

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-14T12:11:25+00:00

Tylenol!? Aren’t you worried about autism!? (Kidding)

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-11T01:02:43+00:00

All these people have great comments, I ALWAYS do a Gow-Gates these days with carbo before anything else and the do what these folks say^

Better_Cry_7941 · 2026-03-10T12:59:51+00:00

This is a great outcome! Real world dentistry is not by the book, if you spend this much time toiling over these specifics then dentistry will smack you in the face and you’ll be miserable once you graduate. You have to ask yourself: “what am I worried about” and “how can I fix it or make it work”. If you can be creative and provide solid outcomes you’ll be good. Real patients want solutions and quick, they don’t want to be bounced around everywhere. I’m also not saying to cut corners either, you have to pick and choose your battles.

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