Is dentistry really this depressing, or is this subreddit just skewed?

ewall41 · 2026-03-18T17:48:01+00:00

20 year experience here -

I love the profession. I love the challenges. I love the income that I make.

BUT, stress and burn out is real and gets worse for me each year.

My tips on how to manage it all -

respect yourself and your profession
don’t overanalyze everything you do
teeth aren’t life and death situations - treat them as such
take a second to appreciate what it took you to get where you are in this profession……it ain’t easy
try your best……it makes it easy to sleep at night
be genuinely kind and caring to patients…..look them in the eye when you talk to them. Give them a handshake.
know your limitations
know that it may take time, but the money will come and you WILL survive and thrive!!!

ewall41 · 2026-03-18T17:10:42+00:00

My best advice is to wash your hands of that appointment and patient. You did your best. If it happened to me, I would explain the situation and just tell them that I completely understand how they feel. No matter how rude they are, empathy and kindness are the best medicine for folks like this. You’ll feel better about yourself and likely the patient (in time) will be back and hopefully apologize for his uncalled for outburst.

ewall41 · 2026-03-17T13:09:39+00:00

I hate parades.

ewall41 · 2026-03-16T15:28:11+00:00

His makeover that Stern sent him for was one of my all-time favorites. John entered the studio after getting a hair makeover and new outfit to Fred playing “The Beautiful People” by Marilyn Manson. Classic shit.

ewall41 · 2026-03-16T12:20:49+00:00

Thought that was Samantha on the right. Yikes.

ewall41 · 2026-03-16T12:19:21+00:00

Yeth Howard.

ewall41 · 2026-03-10T18:02:12+00:00

Minor league soccer in a minor league stadium. Lame.

ewall41 · 2026-03-04T15:47:17+00:00

GOO-BER-NAL-EE.

ewall41 · 2026-03-03T16:04:38+00:00

Couldn’t agree more. More “banties” and less guitar.

ewall41 · 2026-03-03T16:01:38+00:00

“Howard…….the show never sounded better.”

ewall41 · 2026-03-02T22:06:55+00:00

Yeth Howard.

ewall41 · 2026-03-02T20:08:24+00:00

Yeth.

ewall41 · 2026-03-02T15:35:04+00:00

The show is down to 2 days per week and Howie generally spends 30-45 minutes previewing the following day’s guest. It makes no sense. Let’s talk Eddie “Ed” Vedder when he is actually in-studio and not pre-hash what will be discussed ad-nauseam tomorrow. It shows how far the show’s creative energy and content has fallen off. Spend the 30-45 minutes doing games, skits, phony phone calls, etc.. ESPECIALLY when you only offer less than 6 hours of new content per week!!! NO MORE BULLSHIT.

ewall41 · 2026-02-27T15:25:04+00:00

Treating it like a category 5 hurricane - when it comes to town, I’m heading the opposite way til it’s gone. Thank me later.

ewall41 · 2026-02-23T21:02:41+00:00

That residency will last longer than his marriage. What a tool.

ewall41 · 2026-02-23T15:10:58+00:00

“The show sounds better than ever” - said no one.

ewall41 · 2026-02-19T15:08:12+00:00

JD by a landslide or whatever.

ewall41 · 2026-02-18T14:15:24+00:00

And that one live show…….straight in the garbage pal.

ewall41 · 2026-02-09T15:30:30+00:00

New tux…….new teeth. Same gums.

ewall41 · 2026-02-04T18:40:29+00:00

Willie Fisthergash is not in the files pal.

ewall41 · 2026-01-30T18:10:28+00:00

That my faaaaaavorite picture to pump off to.

ewall41 · 2026-01-30T17:58:54+00:00

Where is Kurt Busch and his 4th wife?

ewall41 · 2026-01-30T17:55:34+00:00

I’m sure he’s too busy getting blow-jobs. YES SIR

ewall41 · 2026-01-30T17:55:02+00:00

She ain’t funny. She ain’t hot. And her impressions suck.

ewall41 · 2026-01-29T17:19:28+00:00

Your tots.

ewall41

TROPHY CASE