Mike,

>>Back in my early days as an actuary (late 80s), I learned that dentists had the second highest mental instutionalization rate (or attempted suicide rate - I forgot which one exactly) of all professions (air traffic controllers were in first place). Seriously.

> What do dentists really do? Their assistants do most of the job, how can a dentist get so stressed out?

Maybe working in such small areas takes its toll? I don't know...

I approached the data from the ratemaking side and didn't care what were the reasons behind the statistics. Tha data said they were in a higher risk profession and should pay a higher prenium than computer developers. I am certainly not going their profession because I am sure the average dentist is much more stressed than I am.

Daniel