Reality #10. You have somehow built your practice but will it be a success?
It is another question that has no definite answer. You are a BDS, like many of your friends. However, all of you will not have the same success with your clinic. Maybe your clinic is a hit with patients, and your friend’s clinic is not doing so well even after much investment.
That is – Destiny + Skills
You will have to be good in your clinical work and also good at impressing the patients with your talk and personality. You need to have that air of confidence & assurance. Tackling patients is a skill that you can achieve by conscious decisions. Try to read the approach of a patient.
For example, you have finished crown and bridge for a patient after RCT. So, the patient has come for two sittings of RCT and has paid you the amount for RCT and crown. From his behavior, it seems like he is a bit stringy or complaining about spending. You are satisfied that you have done an excellent job. That is your satisfaction. However, before leaving patient asks ” Sir/Mam’ Will this crown last Life Time? ” If you say no – then he will go with a feeling of being cheated. So what will be your answer, so that he goes happier?
So you will have to be tactful and also have the power to wait. You need to be ready for the unpredictability of the profession.
Reality #11. Social Pressure from friends and relatives
It is the most irritating scenario faced by a BDS graduate/Young dentist, particularly in India. While he/she is just finishing the internship, his/her close school friends or cousins are already earning at least 20K to 30K in some IT firm. The BDS graduate is in catch 55 situation.
In social events he/she sees his/her cousins and friends relaxing and oozing with confidence that regular money or salary provides. Then comes the nasty aunties who start comparing their kids work-salaries and start Bombarding you with questions — When you are opening your clinic/practice?
Did you join any college?
How much is your salary?
Mind you; it is a typical scenario in India because the relatives are more interested in knowing the weight of your salary.
Moreover, the final and most irritating question – You will not charge me any money … in your clinic?
Your reaction to hearing so much bullshit …
“Just shut up you Idiot ” ———> Phew !!! Social functions become like interrogation sessions
