Divided opinion

Opinion towards the month of September is divided. The pessimists might see it as the end of summer and the joys that that season brings, whilst the optimists prefer to look on it as a fresh start; being fully refreshed from a holiday they are fighting fit and ready to face the challenges work has to bring. It all depends on whether the glass is half empty of half full.

So how does one measure the contents of a dentist’s glass? On page 16 Alexander Holden suggests that (currently at least) the glass is half full. Of course there is increasing regulation on practices, so perhaps the glass is half full but previously it was closer to two-thirds full. If you look ahead to the challenge hygienists and therapists might present to the traditional role of the dentist, then perhaps the glass is half full but there is a leak in the bottom of the glass so it will soon be almost empty. People say you can take these expressions too far, read them too literally but I disagree… as with most things, opinion is divided on the subject.