Plenty of owners are two or three years in, the practice is making money, and it still feels like a mess. The thought creeps in: I had no idea what I was getting into. Some days you'd just sell it, and not because it isn't profitable.
That is not a talent problem. Dental school made you an excellent clinician. It never sat you down and showed you how to run the business that the dentistry sits inside. And the hardest part is the not-knowing. You can't tell whether you're doing well, because you have no idea how anyone else is doing.