Why I did not become a dentist

Why does this type of 6 year old patient come to the Dr?

I don't know anything about teeth.

I refuse to know anything about teeth.

I hate teeth.

Something to do with the fact that I was born with very malaligned ones and had to endure 5 years of braces, and the nickname, Bugs Bunny.

Normally I stay well away from teeth. But when mommy and daddy insist on feeding their son sweeties, and don't brush his teeth, and Junior starts to look like an extra from a horror movie...well, then I feel the need to step in and make a plan.


My treatment plan included:

1 X smack through the head for mommy, PRN.
2 X punch to the groin for daddy, PRN.

Referral to those people like my dad and my sister who really really adore teeth, namely the Dentists.

Why I will NEVER be a paediatrician.

I just remembered the reason I will never ever ever ever ever ever EVER be a paediatrician.

Not because I hate children.

Nope.

I love children, and I feel too much pain when they're ill.

But that's not the main reason.

The main reason is that children come with MAJOR baggage.

Two big lumbering overladen travelling trunks of baggage,

Namely...

THE PARENTS!

I just really can't deal with the parents.

Sorry.