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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
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