It wouldn't be a bad profession for whomever likes this kinda stuff, but sadly it turned into a numbers game. I know many guys past retirement age still pulling long hours, burned out, with health issues...and less and less satisfaction and/or acknowledgment.. I would never want to see myself being in their shoes. Would not recommend this profession to the next generation to come, period. I'd prolly choose something else for myself too, if I could turn back time. Don't take me wrong, this career was good for me professionally and financially, I'll semi-retire this summer at 45...working exclusively on
my terms, from that point on. I got enough passive income to do nothing, but doing dental for the last twenty years kinda grew on me
My other businesses, which I started as side gigs, really picked up, one particular, will most likely grow ad-infinitum ...given I got free resources and there's
zero competition for a sizeable geographic area around me. I hope some family member will step up to manage, so I can just do things I truly like, tucked away in the jungle. And there's Bitcoin and other crypto's, ready when dollars will hyper-inflate... given the never ending quantitative easing's what is currently going on.