<p>why do dentists have the highest suicide rate in the country? </p>
<p>i thought they would be happy- they get to fix peoples teeth and make them have pretty smiles, and they get paid alot. plus, its a pretty respectful job. so why is their potential for suicide just so high?? </p>
<p>ps. i really want to be a dentist, but reading this kind of scared me.</p>
<p>Because every time they see crooked teeth or an underbite, they die a little on the inside. Eventually, the pressure proves to be too much, either that or they witness a British person smile, and they proceed to end their own misery.</p>
<p>there’s also bad breath, bad teeth (especially old people’s), touching food pieces in the mouth, doing repetitive procedures, etc.</p>
<p>They do have to have their hands in peoples mouths all day long, so I can’t say that the job is too attractive. Suicide still seems a tad excessive. Can you point me to the source of this?</p>
<p>i think there are grosser jobs…</p>
<p>yeah… but would you really want to kill yourself over that?</p>
<p>ooh sorry i was typing but it posted a bit late- umm ill find a reasonable site with the statistic…</p>
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<p>I don’t know if they do. There seems to be a significant amount of inconclusive information.</p>
<p>Agree with Warts. Every website says something different.</p>
<p>^^ i guess so. i was looking at some other websites too, so i guess we really don’t know. but i just thought it would be people who worked in more dire situations or something.</p>
<p>^ lol.</p>
<p>I’ve heard Buffalo, NY is the most suicidal city, so if you’re a Dentist in Buffalo, you probably have a rope and a long strip of pole waiting for you in your garage.</p>
<p>I thought that it was Seattle.</p>
<p>^That’s just a clever assumption because it rains a lot there and it’s never really that nice…I would love to live in Seattle though. :]</p>
<p>… too much grey’s anatomy ;D …</p>