You will find that a lot of dentists are very hard to deal with. They can be moody, vague and come across as arrogant and rather uninterested or even cold. I do not know if it's tye type of people who go into dentistry, or they are genuinely being affected by the constant contact with mercury vapor. I have heard of dentists undergoing a complete personality change, this is not unheard of.

This is why one of the highest suicide rate of any profession is the dental profession. One of the highest alcoholic rates is among dentists, and one of the highest birth defects is among the dental staff.

I have found them the most difficult people to deal with and only come across the very few who are far nicer, and more responsive. The others either can't seem to get the questions I'm asking, or they shut off or either side step my questions or they seriously can't seem to answer a straight question.

They also seem to be focussed on money more than anything else. So it's very tough to find a genuinely caring dentist that actually DOES want to help you.

I know many are very busy, so this doesn't help either, but they seem to lose a bit of their humanity in this job. I guess it's the mercury affecting their mind.