hiding

There’s an interesting cultural phenomenon that happens in dentistry, and I wonder if it happens in other fields.  There is an unspoken rule that we all have to love our jobs and have to constantly show the rest of the world how happy and successful we are.  It’s a lot of pressure, especially when some of it feels like a lie.  Many dentists spend their whole lives hiding the real struggles we experience.  Sure, we can bitch and make jokes with our colleagues about some of our annoying challenges, but we can’t be real about just how much we may...