Complete invoice: how much land can we afford?

It's not necessarily the case. My dentist with her own practice worked until the day of birth and again after three months. I know this so precisely because the appointments with the big belly were very funny and my wife was pregnant at the same time, so I could practically join the conversation.

Maybe she works voluntarily without amalgam. I suspect that might be the background of the employment ban. Or it is not the job itself, but rather a lowered maternal ground, then in combination with having to stand a lot --> B-ban (whereas the breastfeeding period would then be irrelevant again).

Even though it has nothing to do with the actual topic:
Self-employed people decide for themselves, I can also imagine that it's harder for them to get continued payment of wages approved.
And believe me, 8.5k is peanuts compared to what a well-running practice generates monthly for the operating doctor... I don't have concrete numbers, but for the vacation home in Miami, three overseas vacations per year, and the villa with 5 full-time staff it's definitely enough...
And by the way: I also think that the income is not in any proportion. Of course, that doesn't mean you don't take it if you can - no one here would do otherwise.

Seriously, as an employee? Wow...

Even if it has nothing to do with the actual topic: Self-employed people decide for themselves, I can also imagine that it is more difficult for them to get continued payment of wages. And believe me, 8.5k are peanuts compared to what a well-running practice generates monthly for the operating doctor… I don’t have concrete numbers, but for the vacation home in Miami, three overseas vacations per year, and the villa with 5 full-time servants, it’s more than enough… And by the way: I also think that the income is totally out of proportion. Of course, that doesn’t mean you don’t take it if you can – no one here would do anything else.

True enough, of course you gladly take it. But with insights like these, you get a slight feeling of where at least one of the causes for the health insurance companies' billion-euro holes could lie.

Why do we then have far too few dentists?