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i could be a little more spoiled.

i can't tell you how many new patients we have from family, friends, co-workers, etc. we try to get everyone in just to continue growth and help people out. also, i can't tell you how many dentists come to the end of careers, and end of having strokes, heart attacks, cancer...it's awful to watch. nothing like working hard to not be able to enjoy it. the guy a bought a practice from had a heart attack and i just heard today he had passed away. he was maybe 65. not being able to sell is a new problem. dentists coming out are anywhere from 260k-400k in debt, and it's hard to buy a practice. some guys are selling out to DSOs who by the practice and let you work as an employee. there's post retirement dividends to share, but i have no desire to work for a corporate structure. my hope is that i live long enough to have one of my kids take it over.

this is how things should run. it's good you followed up with the new (i'm assuming bisphosphonate) medication. the only time it becomes a large concern is if you need extractions while on it. they got you in, took a scan, tx in being completed. perfect. it should be this smooth, but depending on where/when you go, it may not be.

it is strange. this first "look" appointment is what we use to take any films/assess, and schedule what needs to get done. Sometimes it's that day, sometimes in a week depending on the problem and time needed. It might be because you were a new patient. my usually patients can always get in a bit easier. it's not even that i'm giving them priority, but if they call me with a problem and tell me where it is, i can check films, medical history, etc and schedule them quickly. we had a patient come in recently that hadn't been in years. she had a number of teeth that needed to come out, and we told her to come in for a look. we need a current medical history, meds, new films and a exam. turns out she needs a few teeth out, and is on blood thinners. when i told her i had to contact her physician and find time for multiple extractions, she was pissed. now i absolutely squeezed her into my schedule to get the ball rolling, and what was her comment to me..."why are you wasting my time?" that B word was out of my office so fast her head was spinning. i'll do whatever i can to help, but i'm also busy enough that i can tell people to f off. it's a very fine line right now.

i'm glad you got that taken care of. it's so strange with dentistry...things come in waves. I've seen countless teeth cracked in the last few weeks, most to the point where we just have to take them out. it usually goes much faster that predicted, but there's so many factors to it. ultimately it just depends on the office, who owns it and who works there. we have an extremely busy office, but i'm also the only one doing the dental work. that being said, i've always been pretty quick and we run our schedule pretty effectively. i'm booked about 2.5 weeks out, but we get anyone in pain in pretty quickly. here's the catch though...i'll cram people into my schedule so we can get them in, take a look, provide meds, etc. but rarely with i have time to actually to actually complete a procedure. they know that coming in, but it at least allows me to see what's going on and book accordingly. if someone is in pain, i'll work through lunch, come in early, or whatever needs to get done. other dentist are just unwilling to manage a fluid schedule. they won't budge and that's when there's a hold up. on top of all of this, there are fewer dentists and even less staff. we were pretty much at the point where we couldn't accept new patients. not because of my schedule, but because of hygiene schedule. i run 3 hygienists at a time, 4 days a week, and were booked up about 8 months. we can sneak people in if there are cancelations, but it's become easier to see me than get your teeth cleaned. i've hired one of our subs full time, and hoard other subs just to make sure we don't have open days. i'm going to build two more rooms for a dentist and another hygienists, but i'm not sure i'll be able to find staff. there's no one available, and if you do find someone you like, you're paying them an inflated wage just to come on. it's a very strange show now.

Uploading my financials as we speak.

Oh. Well…I’m making 61 million this year.

cakewalk *****?

it definitely goes in runs. i love that movie.

let's also not forget he was the owner of mc'dowells.

oh you!

bummer. rest in peace charlie hustle.

i always enjoyed that he sounded like cookie monster.

i'm assuming the op is looking for one established home to live in full time. i'm not sure there's any one place i'd want to live in all year. i assume i'd do an area by our kids, (however that works out) then someplace warm and sunny like palm beach in the winter. right now i can't really think of one place that i could do 100% full time. how could you even suggest this to the poor guy. i love the area now, but come january this place is awful. not really cold and snowy as you said, but the constant gray.

i had no idea squire hall was a student union. i'm assuming this is when there was no north campus?