Why dentists in Taiwan will die so young? 55 years old is very young now-a-day. Must be something specific to Taiwan. Most of the dentists in USA can live very long because they tend to be much $$ well $$ off than the rest of the population. I have a feeling that he "might" mean to say dentists in Taiwan tend to "retire" early, not "die" early. This is not surprising that many dentists may choose to retire early. There are many factors. A dentist has to sit in one place and bending his neck over a patient for a LONG time. A lot of dentists have shoulder problem or neck problem. The pain in the neck and shoulder can terminate the career of a dentist. The other thing is that up to recent years, dentists tend to be quite well off and they can afford to retire early if they haven't spent all their money. Moreover, at least in USA, with dental insurance companies squeezing the dentists and not paying for many procedures, many older dentists may choose to retire early instead of wasting time fighting against the dental insurance companies. I searched in internet and found a study called "Mortality among dentists in Taiwan, 1985-2009". The conclusion is that "Compared with the general population, dentists in Taiwan consistently demonstrated reduced from all-cause mortality." This means dentists in Taiwan tend to die LATER than the general public. Dentists in Taiwan tend to die a bit earlier than medical doctors though.
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@@RockinMountain Yes, indeed. Actually the trend has been happening in USA also -- for quite some time now. With dental insurance companies refusing to pay, or pay less, dentists in USA have to pack more patients in each hour; hence, neck pain and shoulder pain are common in dentists in USA. Sound like the same story in Taiwan. The exceptions are those dentists with 5th Ave address in New York City. Their patients are totally different type of people than the general public and the patients pay cash. The dentists there can still afford to spend time with the patients.
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@@RockinMountain That is good to know the situation in Taiwan. With a dentist as an individual person vs a patient also as an individual person, the balance of power is kind of "fair". Of course, the balance of power is a bit favorable to the dentist because he has the knowledge, the patient doesn't. The patient has to counter-balance this by checking with multiple dentists -- assuming that the patient is educated. In my opinion, this is a fairer situation than the situation in USA where big dental insurance company overpowers individual dentists. Currently, the situation is getting close to the Soviet Unions era where "they pretend to pay us, we pretend to work”. This is a very inefficient system. This is based on what I was told by my dentists friends in USA.