PAGD Keystone Explorer Fall 2021

Keystone Explorer | Fall 2021 5 dentistry issues Q Like most of my elementary school peers, what I liked best about school was recess. I was a very good student, so the classes didn’t really bother me, but I must confess that, as the time approached for our playground romps, it never failed to excite me. I loved the sense of being out from behind my desk and I loved the feeling of not being under the gun with tests, showing my work, trying to hide when the teacher asked a question, and all the other pressures that elementary school students endure. Of course, I now look back and smile, because I can hardly fathom that anything happening in those early school years could have been considered pressures. They were certainly not the stresses that I ex- perience as a private practicing dentist. Gone are the tests, but now there are staff demands. Gone is that showing of my work, but now there is the clinical excellence that my pa- tients demand. Gone is hiding from teachers’ questions, but now there are charts to review and phone calls to make. It all makes me want to hide again. All of this and there isn’t even a daily recess to anticipate! It’s Time for Recess Greg Psaltis, DDS