Dental vs Med my thoughts

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K so I always see these dental vs med threads everywhere and they are always unfairly comparing general dentistry with specialties in medicine saying med specialist make more money etc.

IMO

General dent>Family doctor.....Because less hours same pay
Dent specialty> med specialty....Because less hours same pay (plz don't bring up ophthalmology which is 800k a year because I can bring up chain owners in dentistry who make more than that)

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Try talking about something that's actually important like job description, not salary. Even comparing general dentists with family physicians/hospitalists is uncomparable.
 
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I don't see why people need to rationalize their pursuit of Dentistry over Medicine to themselves / others. You shouldn't care about what people have to say over an internet forum. You also can't assert that Dental Specialties > Medical specialties because quite frankly the *majority* of Medical students specialize while a *minority* of dental students specialize. The argument of working less hours is *only* valid when you're an associate, for the first few years of practice (even then people still opt to work 6 days a week to pay down loans.) Once you make the transition to owner, you probably won't be working 35-40 hours for quite sometime.
 
I'm tired of these threads, haha. Just do whatever it is you want to do. It's really as simple as that.
 
K so I always see these dental vs med threads everywhere and they are always unfairly comparing general dentistry with specialties in medicine saying med specialist make more money etc.

IMO

General dent>Family doctor.....Because less hours same pay
Dent specialty> med specialty....Because less hours same pay (plz don't bring up ophthalmology which is 800k a year because I can bring up chain owners in dentistry who make more than that)
lets for one second assume medicine is "better" than dentistry, and that MDs make more money and get hotter girls.... What difference does it make to us? Everyone is entitled to their own believes/opinions.

I really don't get it, why do pre-dents spend so much time evaluating and/or justifying their decision when you can very well be comparing a dentist to a truck driver.
 
lets for one second assume medicine is "better" than dentistry, and that MDs make more money and get hotter girls.... What difference does it make to us? Everyone is entitled to their own believes/opinions.

I really don't get it, why do pre-dents spend so much time evaluating and/or justifying their decision when you can very well be comparing a dentist to a truck driver.

Because most pre-dents had to make the choice between med and dent at some point in their lives and if a lot of them weren't doing dent, they be doing med. Same goes for med students. Thats why with the medicare stuff that's happening a lot of pre-meds are switching into pre-dents.
 
I don't see why people need to rationalize their pursuit of Dentistry over Medicine to themselves / others. You shouldn't care about what people have to say over an internet forum. You also can't assert that Dental Specialties > Medical specialties because quite frankly the *majority* of Medical students specialize while a *minority* of dental students specialize. The argument of working less hours is *only* valid when you're an associate, for the first few years of practice (even then people still opt to work 6 days a week to pay down loans.) Once you make the transition to owner, you probably won't be working 35-40 hours for quite sometime.

I'm pretty sure owners work less than 40hrs a week
 
Because most pre-dents had to make the choice between med and dent at some point in their lives and if a lot of them weren't doing dent, they be doing med. Same goes for med students. Thats why with the medicare stuff that's happening a lot of pre-meds are switching into pre-dents.

Yeh I know about the pre-med vs pre-dent dilemma... I went through it myself... and once I decide on one path, I didn't look back, I didn't question myself, and I simply didn't care if medicine became better or worse. I forgot about it, and so should all of you.

what proof do you have that "a lot of pre-meds are switching..."? Just because your father's best friend's uncle had a neighbor who's son and 2 cousins switch from pre-med doesn't mean everyone is switching.
 
Yeh I know about the pre-med vs pre-dent dilemma... I went through it myself... and once I decide on one path, I didn't look back, I didn't question myself, and I simply didn't care if medicine became better or worse. I forgot about it, and so should all of you.

what proof do you have that "a lot of pre-meds are switching..."? Just because your father's best friend's uncle had a neighbor who's son and 2 cousins switch from pre-med doesn't mean everyone is switching.

Ok my lord
 
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So, to me in healthcare a physician and dentist are on par (and are the best jobs in healthcare); In law a lawyer and a judge are on par, architect, engineer, and so forth.

Another aspect of a job is wether they are license or just certified, but that's another debate.
 
How the United States Compares with 60 Countries

A comparison of occupational prestige between the United States and 60 other countries can be found on Chemekata Community College's website. This list includes 55 occupations, but only the top 10 are listed.

Rank Occupation United States Avg. of 60 Countries
1 College president 82 86
2 Supreme Court judge 85 82
3 (tie) Physician 82 78
3 (tie) Astronaut 80 80
5 College professor 78 78
6 Lawyer 75 83
7 Dentist 74 70
8 Architect 71 72
9 Civil engineer 68 70
10 Psychologist 71 66

Astronaut is the same as a physician? Astronaut should be number 1 hands down!
 
Go with medicine if you don't want to be limited to the oral cavity in your practice. Otherwise, dentistry is an awesome career choice. It could have easily been a specialty of medicine if it wasn't separated out.
 
Go with medicine if you don't want to be limited to the oral cavity in your practice. Otherwise, dentistry is an awesome career choice. It could have easily been a specialty of medicine if it wasn't separated out.

Yes, easily like Harvard University states on its program description "At its heart, the program considers dentistry a specialty of medicine. Therefore, its students experience dual citizenship in both Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School."
 
go with medicine if you don't want to be limited to the oral cavity in your practice. Otherwise, dentistry is an awesome career choice. It could have easily been a specialty of medicine if it wasn't separated out.

+1 :)
 
K so I always see these dental vs med threads everywhere and they are always unfairly comparing general dentistry with specialties in medicine saying med specialist make more money etc.

IMO

General dent>Family doctor.....Because less hours same pay
Dent specialty> med specialty....Because less hours same pay (plz don't bring up ophthalmology which is 800k a year because I can bring up chain owners in dentistry who make more than that)

do whatever u want. seems like ur more concerned about $
 
Dentists make less on average, physicians have a **** lifestyle get over it!
 
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