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I'm a predent and I will hopefully be starting dental school in the near future. This may sound crazy but I wonder if there is a way to work more than most dentists do when I am starting out.
I know that the average dental graduate starts out at around 100-120K in most places and while this is good, I would like to work maybe double the hours so that I could make more money in my early years.
I will be in a significant amount of debt from dental school and undergraduate loans and want to pay those off as soon as possible. And the way that I see it, I will be relatively young and healthy and able to put in a lot of hours on the job. I also think it would be helpful to work this much because I am sure that I could become more skilled and fluid with the procedures of a general dental practice.
So I want to know: do you know of any dentists that are working lots and lots of hours? And how? I will be working for someone else because I won't be able to afford a practice. And I know most practices are only open from 8-6.
Or is everything I just said not practical..
I know that the average dental graduate starts out at around 100-120K in most places and while this is good, I would like to work maybe double the hours so that I could make more money in my early years.
I will be in a significant amount of debt from dental school and undergraduate loans and want to pay those off as soon as possible. And the way that I see it, I will be relatively young and healthy and able to put in a lot of hours on the job. I also think it would be helpful to work this much because I am sure that I could become more skilled and fluid with the procedures of a general dental practice.
So I want to know: do you know of any dentists that are working lots and lots of hours? And how? I will be working for someone else because I won't be able to afford a practice. And I know most practices are only open from 8-6.
Or is everything I just said not practical..
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