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Hi, I am a fourth year dental student at a Texas Dental school and was having a hard time deciding where to practice. Ultimately, it is between staying in Texas or living in California. For the most part, from my understanding, it is better to stay in Texas because southern California is super saturated with dentist, cost of living is higher, and that there is a state income tax.
However....I have family living in California and I am willing to make sacrifices. I was just wondering for those dentist that practice in so-cal if they can make an honest living and what it is like. And for those dentist who have moved from either cali to tex or vice versa what was the outcome. It is a very difficult decision for me to make. On average, most first year dentist in Texas can make ~$200k, and I was wondering how that compares to dentist in Cali. Thanks!
However....I have family living in California and I am willing to make sacrifices. I was just wondering for those dentist that practice in so-cal if they can make an honest living and what it is like. And for those dentist who have moved from either cali to tex or vice versa what was the outcome. It is a very difficult decision for me to make. On average, most first year dentist in Texas can make ~$200k, and I was wondering how that compares to dentist in Cali. Thanks!