# Why do dentists commit suicide so much?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dentists-commit-suicide-so-much/490261 "2009-03-21T15:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dentists-commit-suicide-so-much/490261/21 "2009-03-22T20:49:46Z")

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I was terrified before my root canal (I was about, oh, 23?) because of all the horror stories. (More so than I had been before actual oral surgery-at least there they put under.) The worst I could say is that it was boring. And that my jaw got sore from being open so long. But that’s it.

Oh, and the pain killers were EXCELLENT.

😃

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