Look, I know there's a lot of these topics around here and this is not meant to offend anyone. I'm just trying to get some questions cleared up.
As I current first year Medical student and with Obamacare on the way, I cannot help but think that I have made the wrong choice.
1. Dental school seems to be easier to get into than Med School, but still people crave med.
2. As far as I'm concerned, having "DMD/DDS" is the same as having an MD. They're both respectable professions in their own right and I don't see how dentists are more or less doctors.
3. Dentists seem to have limitless earning potential. Also the average salary of dentists is higher than IM/FM physicians (which lets be realistic here, with me being an USIMG, that's where I'll end up)
4. Dentists work less than Primary Care physicans and make the same amount of money if not more.
5. USMLE vs Dental Boards (sorry don't know the name) I'm not sure how difficult they are compared to the Steps, can anyone comment?
6. Dentists can open multiple practices, I dont know physicans doing this.
As I current first year Medical student and with Obamacare on the way, I cannot help but think that I have made the wrong choice.
1. Dental school seems to be easier to get into than Med School, but still people crave med.
2. As far as I'm concerned, having "DMD/DDS" is the same as having an MD. They're both respectable professions in their own right and I don't see how dentists are more or less doctors.
3. Dentists seem to have limitless earning potential. Also the average salary of dentists is higher than IM/FM physicians (which lets be realistic here, with me being an USIMG, that's where I'll end up)
4. Dentists work less than Primary Care physicans and make the same amount of money if not more.
5. USMLE vs Dental Boards (sorry don't know the name) I'm not sure how difficult they are compared to the Steps, can anyone comment?
6. Dentists can open multiple practices, I dont know physicans doing this.