Does dentistry count as a healthy field to work in? Parts of it are, and parts of it are not, and you get to choose which side you stand on. A field is healthy when you provide something people genuinely want and need, you do it at a high level, and that good work also rewards you with career advancement and real economic security. When those two things line up, you are in a healthy field. Plenty of professions let you make an enormous amount of money while you struggle to find anything good in what you actually do. That is [...]