How does the IQ gap between dentists and their patients create a real communication problem? Measurably. Average general-population IQ is 100 by definition. Most dentists and other professionals who completed extensive postgraduate training cluster around 120. That twenty-point gap matters, not because it makes dentists better people, but because it shapes how each side processes verbal information. Dentists naturally talk in the dense, technical, fast-moving way that professional training cultivated and that conversations with other dentists reinforce. Patients on the other end follow a fraction of it and politely nod through the rest. The doctor leaves the consultation feeling thorough and [...]

How does the IQ gap between dentists and their patients create a real communication problem? Measurably. Average general-population IQ is 100 by definition. Most dentists and other professionals who completed extensive postgraduate training cluster around 120. That twenty-point gap matters, not because it makes dentists better people, but because it shapes how each side processes verbal information. Dentists naturally talk in the dense, technical, fast-moving way that professional training cultivated and that conversations with other dentists reinforce. Patients on the other end follow a fraction of it and politely nod through the rest. The doctor leaves the consultation feeling thorough and [...]

How does the IQ gap between dentists and their patients create a real communication problem? Measurably. Average general-population IQ is 100 by definition. Most dentists and other professionals who completed extensive postgraduate training cluster around 120. That twenty-point gap matters, not because it makes dentists better people, but because it shapes how each side processes verbal information. Dentists naturally talk in the dense, technical, fast-moving way that professional training cultivated and that conversations with other dentists reinforce. Patients on the other end follow a fraction of it and politely nod through the rest. The doctor leaves the consultation feeling thorough and [...]