I just thought of this in the shower, a dentist could be a metaphor for something that appears to be scary but is actually the antithesis of evil and dentists mean good and try to help people.
ME BEING A GENIUS I cant wait to put a patent on this concept.
BUT.... dentists are PAID to do good and help people so they could also be good-doers who's intentions aren't to go out of their way to do good but to be PAID to do good... this makes them fake and makes them appear to have ulterior motives
Also a dentist can only appear bad and scary w a mask and apron, so those could symbolise something too but I cant be bothered to work my brain any further
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