Does decision fatigue really affect dentists during the day? Yes, and you feel it whether you admit it or not. Every diagnosis, every plan, every judgment call spends a little of the same limited budget. By the end of a long day that budget is empty, so you default to the path of least resistance. For a dentist planning large cases that shows up as oversimplified plans and weaker recommendations. Think of it like driving home exhausted: you can still steer, but your reaction time is gone and you do not notice until something goes wrong. The fix is structural, not [...]