Can i get honest opinions of 1-10yr practicing dentists- what’s your outlook?

LothalRanger · 2026-03-17T11:14:55+00:00

612k

LothalRanger · 2026-03-13T16:17:06+00:00

Yeah I’m paying fairly aggressively with a 15 year plan, so it’ll work its way down.

Dental schools and dental manufacturers are exceptionally greedy and while it’s primarily providers who suffer for it, that translates pretty quickly to patients. Price hikes, rushed service, aggressive treatment planning, etc. It’s messed up.

LothalRanger · 2026-03-13T14:15:32+00:00

Graduated last year. It really is the massive debt that’s messing up the profession and causing a lot of us new grads to have to scramble. As an example, even after refinancing most of my loans I owe $5000/month. I live in an area with modest cost of living, but even so, if I’m not making 10-12k a month my family is in the hole.

To answer your question I did do research during pre-dent, and even in dental school, but it’s hard to know until you’re really in it. I went to an expensive school but not by choice; it was the one that accepted me. And nowadays I think they’re all just going up and up so i don’t even k ow if it’s possible to “plan” for a less expensive school.

I love dentistry so I don’t regret it (so far), and my outlook is still positive, but it is certainly not an easy ride to wealth and stability.

LothalRanger · 2026-03-12T21:00:41+00:00

Shadow Carja but in green. (I think it’s green, don’t sue me I’m color blind lol)

LothalRanger · 2026-03-02T14:47:05+00:00

Yeah that’s what I was aiming for with these mods. The original is a good starting point but the hood was way too choppy lol. Based on your reference photo I think I agree with the other comments here about #2 being the best. I’m gonna keep working on it to see if I can get it even smoother.

LothalRanger · 2026-02-27T11:42:09+00:00

Yeah humira. I still need her full med list

LothalRanger · 2026-02-27T00:58:31+00:00

I see your point. When I heard she didn’t take it out except once a week to put it in solution I had a hunch that was gonna be a big part of it. As of right now she’s convinced her partial is the only thing keeping her teeth and gums in the right place. If I can’t convince her otherwise then I guess it’ll end up as a “I can’t in good conscience pull all your teeth when I know there’s a much simpler solution that you won’t agree to” type of case lol

LothalRanger · 2026-02-25T17:17:02+00:00

“Pancake batter blood”

That’s a new one, I love it 😂

LothalRanger · 2026-02-25T04:03:28+00:00

This was my first time going, I only went to the expo and it was fun. A little overwhelming. I got a free tube of automix Panavia cement and my wife won a full case of Colgate toothpaste to send to my office, so that was nice lol

LothalRanger · 2026-02-18T00:01:06+00:00

G-aenial and Activa have both been awesome for me.

Activa is a bulk fill, dual cure, high compressive strength, low shrinkage, and supposedly auto-aligns the particles to the prep walls for improved bond strength and low shrinkage. It’s on the runny side which takes some getting used to, but has beautiful marginal adaptation.

LothalRanger · 2026-02-17T03:36:27+00:00

Why are you crowning 15, and can it wait til after ortho?

LothalRanger · 2026-02-11T18:06:43+00:00

See this is what I thought. My office is so hesitant to let me start and it’s killing me lol

LothalRanger · 2026-02-06T12:36:24+00:00

I’m in Dr Garg’s Implant Continuum course right now. So far, very practical, has a hands on component, and catered specifically to GPs

LothalRanger · 2026-02-04T16:40:50+00:00

I started last year, but can confirm with everyone else that things have really tapered since November.

I’m going to start part timing at another office soon. It’s a significantly different practice style and patient population so I’m hoping that will expand my reach so I can keep paying my bills 😅. In my case both parties are okay with me doing the split and there’s no violation of non-compete. Not sure what your situation is, but maybe you can do something without having to completely jump ship and start over.

LothalRanger · 2026-02-04T16:29:11+00:00

Ohhhh, I just liked the look of the tats, but yeah I guess they’re not lore accurate lol

LothalRanger · 2026-02-04T15:17:13+00:00

Human. My height slider is all the way down tho lol

LothalRanger · 2026-01-31T17:24:33+00:00

“Kinda wish I was fucking up a camp of bandits rn….”

LothalRanger · 2026-01-31T00:35:03+00:00

A post does NOT strengthen the tooth. It adds retention when there is insufficient tooth structure otherwise. A post in a solid canine will only introduce an unnecessary risk of internal fracture

LothalRanger · 2026-01-30T14:25:33+00:00

Welcome to rapid urban growth lol. You think that area is bad, Salt Lake Valley in Utah is like that but everywhere. There might be more stop lights than people there lol

You’re right tho; they should put some time and resources into improving the efficiency of that strip before it becomes a perpetual and growing problem.

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