The Dentist, my Tooth and My Pocket
There was a show on NileFM a few days ago, and they were asking the audience “What would you be doing if you’re not doing what you are doing now?”
it’s a pretty interesting question, not like this one we used to get when were kids “nefsak tetla3 eh lama tekbar ya 7abeeby?” the typical answer when were kids was one of these AND THERE WAS NO EXCEPTIONS:
- Doctor (Doktoor)
- Engineer (mohandes)
- Policeman (zabet)
I thought to myself for a while, and i was like “WTF!!! i dont know, i dont like doing anything else than what am doing now in my life (IT and technology)” and i let it go.
Yesterday, one of my tooth broke (again, for those who don’t know, i have a terrible lack of Calcium, which makes my teeth fall and break and it’s turning my life into a hell)

So i had an appointment with the dentist(i really hate going to dentists, i think everyone does too, it’s very annoying when someone playing with your mouth and you can’t see a damn thing)
After diagnosis here are the results:
- 18 tooth need mantainance
- Each will cost 50LE (after medical insurance)
- Two will cost extra 250LE
- Two will cost extra 600LE
- Two will cost extra 900LE
That’s a total of: 4400LE (YES!!! am just 4400LE away from a good shiny smile)
Now, let’s calculate that this way, it took him 45mins to fix 5 of them yesterday, so let’s say on average it takes him 1 hour to fix 5 tooth.
By dividing 4400\18, thats 244LE per tooth…. we multiply that by 5…thats 1220LE!!!!! PER HOUR
1220LE per hour… that’s 7320LE if he works ONLY 6 HOURS per day!!!
Thats 36, 600LE if he works ONLY 5 DAYS per week!!!!!
That’s 161, 040LE if he works ONLY 22 DAYS per month!!!!
Please note that this is all calculated based on THE LOWEST ESTIMATE of working hours….also not calculating people who do not have a medical insurance (that would make it MUCH higher).
Still not also calculating the work in any hospital, university or medical centers….that’s the pure income of a clinic.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT!!!!! I WANT TO BE A DENTIST!!!! EARNING A MINIMUM OF 160,000LE PER MONTH!!!!!
If i could be anything else, I DEFINITELY want to be a Dentist, that’s wil satisfy my 2 passions:
- Earning HELL lot of money.
- See people suffering
(well, ok, the last paragraph was a bit over
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