Confused...another salary thread

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TeethRgreat

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I'm currently in dental school and trying to decide whether or not I want to specialize. First off, I like general dentistry, but I have the rank to do a specialty and I bet I would be happy doing that as well. Let me also start off my telling you that although I enjoy dentistry, I have expensive hobbies that I enjoy and I need to be able to pay for them.

My confusion arises in that every list of salaries I look at, the specialists are not making significantly more than the generals...Yes, I realize it matters on location, but average for average, i'm not seeing the payout bonus. With the additional schooling, I would be getting no income and the interest accrued on my existing loans would increase putting me significantly behind a GP who started working immediately after graduation. An extra 30k per year from specializing won't let me catch up to the GP until maybe 10-15 years of working...

If someone knows more realistic information about the salaries of the different specialists, I would appreciate it. Please let me know what I'm not seeing. Thank you

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I'm currently in dental school and trying to decide whether or not I want to specialize. First off, I like general dentistry, but I have the rank to do a specialty and I bet I would be happy doing that as well. Let me also start off my telling you that although I enjoy dentistry, I have expensive hobbies that I enjoy and I need to be able to pay for them.

My confusion arises in that every list of salaries I look at, the specialists are not making significantly more than the generals...Yes, I realize it matters on location, but average for average, i'm not seeing the payout bonus. With the additional schooling, I would be getting no income and the interest accrued on my existing loans would increase putting me significantly behind a GP who started working immediately after graduation. An extra 30k per year from specializing won't let me catch up to the GP until maybe 10-15 years of working...

If someone knows more realistic information about the salaries of the different specialists, I would appreciate it. Please let me know what I'm not seeing. Thank you

You're looking at the wrong lists. Omfs is more than double GPs. Pedo and Ortho are significantly higher than GP
 
Can you link us to the lists you speak of?
The ADA in 2008 said those who own part or whole of their own practice make (from memory):
generals: 190k
endo: 330k
peds: 320k?
ortho: 270k
perio: 230k
omfs: 400k?

I'm currently in dental school and trying to decide whether or not I want to specialize. First off, I like general dentistry, but I have the rank to do a specialty and I bet I would be happy doing that as well. Let me also start off my telling you that although I enjoy dentistry, I have expensive hobbies that I enjoy and I need to be able to pay for them.

My confusion arises in that every list of salaries I look at, the specialists are not making significantly more than the generals...Yes, I realize it matters on location, but average for average, i'm not seeing the payout bonus. With the additional schooling, I would be getting no income and the interest accrued on my existing loans would increase putting me significantly behind a GP who started working immediately after graduation. An extra 30k per year from specializing won't let me catch up to the GP until maybe 10-15 years of working...

If someone knows more realistic information about the salaries of the different specialists, I would appreciate it. Please let me know what I'm not seeing. Thank you
 
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