has your dentist commited suicide?!

subbytna · 5 Jul 2011 at 20:45

no but he committed murder and abused women patients...does that count?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11910585

Gustov · 5 Jul 2011 at 20:53

Twice

mushroomsoup · 5 Jul 2011 at 20:54

mine fell out of a autogyro and died. it didn't crash - he actually fell out (and then it crashed)

dentists are quite strange I find.

ennogs · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:07

I always thought it was psychiatrists or farmers who had the highest suicide rate?

lcg · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:08

My mum's dentist committed suicide.

Greebo · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:37

Urban myth. Dentists rate of suicide is no higher than the average. Technically the highest rate of suicide is young men betwen 18 and 25 so unlikely to be a dentist and that is from depression, no future, jobless etc

I think Vets currently top the suicide list followed by Doctors. Farmers are 3rd (or they were last time I looked.

Nurses are well up in the top 10 as well.

The medical profession is a stressful job and easy access to drugs to kill themselves with especially vets.

"andy" · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:40

you have to be loopy anyway to want to spend thousands of pounds and years of your life training so you can spend the rest of your life looking inside the stinking horrible rotting mouths of people who dont even want to be there.

in my opinion of course.

Scania · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:40

Given the state of my breath, I'm surprised mine is still with us....

PMKeates · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:43

No, but my GP did. He hung himself in the surgery one night. Was a very nice guy and the GP for most of my family for years. He was accused of sexual assault by some chav and seemingly couldn't cope with the pressure.

Greebo · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:48

"andy" said:
you have to be loopy anyway to want to spend thousands of pounds and years of your life training so you can spend the rest of your life looking inside the stinking horrible rotting mouths of people who dont even want to be there.

in my opinion of course.

Good money and short working hours.

Average NHS dentist earns £131,000 per annum (2008/2009 figures). With over 400 earning over £300,000 per annum

A total of 1,005 dentists in England and Wales received £157,000 for working a 45-hour week last year.

Nor bad for 5 years studying. I can think of worse degrees to study. Starting slary out of Uni is £29,800 for your first year probation in practice.

cm1179 · 5 Jul 2011 at 21:55

Greebo said:
Urban myth. Dentists rate of suicide is no higher than the average. Technically the highest rate of suicide is young men betwen 18 and 25 so unlikely to be a dentist and that is from depression, no future, jobless etc

but that isn't a static for a persons profession

mehuk · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:54

Mine got eaten by a plant, true story.

Biohazard · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:58

cm1179 said:
but that isn't a static for a persons profession

show me ur statistics

cm1179 · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:01

Biohazard said:
show me ur statistics

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GreatAuk · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:05

I think mine moved to Australia or something. Don't know anything about my new one.

StoutMeister said:
No, which is great as she's faptastic.

*lie back in dentist chair as she leans over*

...

*Awkward trouser bulge with no way to hide it*

Biohazard · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:07

cm1179 said:
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moar moar

Rich_L · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:08

I don't understand why, if you have a bad day just turn the anaesthetic down a notch and have a chuckle that no matter how bad your day is, theirs is going to be worse!

CliffyBiro · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:08

I'd imagine it's not the most pleasant occupation.

Grandmaster Fap! · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:08

Yeah, mine killed himself but he's fine now.

Biohazard · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:10

skippi90 said:
I'd imagine it's not the most pleasant occupation.

It pays pretty well if you aren't a total dip **** at it though. My dentist is minted, possibly from gold molars who knows..