title: On leaving dental practice. The transition.
abstract: Quit when the choice is yours. Don't do it if your only inner personal identification is that of "dentist"; it might leave you psychologically bereft.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010067:Ownership; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*