dentists being saturated

[applicant]

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Hi.

You often hear about general dentists being saturated in major cities such as nyc or la. Is this condition going to affect general dentists income major so that it will be hard for them to keep their practice going?
Also, i think there are a lot of korean general dentists and as some of u know there are a lot of koreans in dental schools. Since korean dentists are likely to see only koreans (knowing that people usually go to dentists of their ethnicity), the supply of korean dentists keeps going up like this and population of korean immigrants aren't going up to match, would korean general dentists have hard time making a stable and nice income?

 

[Rezdawg]

would korean general dentists have hard time making a stable and nice income?

why would the korean dentist only limit himself/herself to korean patients?

 

[FreshBreath]

Now you are being naive, thinking that certain people of ethnic origin favor or only see professionals that have the same common background. Some people feel comfortable talking in a native language and can communicate better in that language than english. I am sure you have people in your class rezdawg where they only asscoaite with others with simliar background eg. persians, koreans, vietemese, etc. on the flip, you have many that do not.

However, if you are planning to only cater to a certain ethnic group practicing in an area with a concentration of that group eg. chinatown, lil' italy, etc. than you should not have a problem. Start practicing with a dentist in that area and eventually those patients will be yours. Yet, the question remains, why the orinignal poster feels he or she can only be successful catering to their own race. language, lack of adapting to the common culture in the US, and confidence usually are the reasons.

Don't limit yourself and go where you can practice the way you want to practice.

 

[BUdental]

So the original question was that whether a saturation of general dentists in large cities will lower the incomes of graduating dentists to that area....well yes it would, there are only so many people and it's called the Fast Food chain phenomena, where say Burger King opens up, McDonalds will follow soon after because Mcdonalds doesn't want to give BK 100% of the profit; it will gladly split 50%, hence more dentists moving in will lower incomes...okay enough of economic theory and more about real life. There will be a mass retirement of dentists in about 6-10 years and new dentists graduating will not equal that of retirment....I mean my family dentist is retiring in 5 years and the office I worked at about 4 of the partners are retiring in the next 4-6years, so thats 5 dentists I know of just off the top of my head. So, for the next question about dentists catering to "Their own culturally, racially, etc..." well yes, that's why many women seek out female obygynes, it's familiarity factor (F-factor Rez) but what Rez was getting at, why limit yourself to just your ethnicity or why even worry about it, to be successful you have to cater to a wide range of cultures and ethnicities and I don't think that one should be looking to corner the market on a certain ethnicity as a way to maintain their practices. Have the comfort of knowiing if your Korean, Italian, Persian, your ethnicity will find you and you will have a portion of that market just because you share something in common.

Bill

 

[gatorfan99]

It would be really idiotic for a Korean dentist to limit him/herself only to Koreans.
Are you saying you're going to refuse to treatment to non-Koreans? Thats unethical.

It would would be really idiotic for ANYONE to limit him/herself to be friends/talk to/relate to only those of their particular racial background. One of the great things about living in a country as diverse as America is the ability to be able to communicate/share experiences to people of other backgrounds. There's more to this world then your little "racial bubble"!

If you only want to treat Koreans then go practice in Korea 🙂

 

[sjdent]

I think this naive person is referring to Korean dentists conveniently setting up in "Korean" parts of town, not JUST limiting their practice to their own nationality. Now that IS a really stupid idea.

 

[997GT3]

Realistically speaking, most people do segregate themselves. Talk about anti-discrimination. It's analogous to the cafeteria back in high school, most black folks sat with their brothers, hispanics sat with their homies, asians sat with their respective kin, and the same for White folks. White folks take dental issues most seriously, but because of self-segregation I hardly ever see them at an Asian or a Black dentist. So then where does the major supply of dental patients go to? White dentists.

If a Korean dentist set up a practice right in the center of Wyoming...

As for the above replies, they don't make much sense at all because there is no dentist who would limit his customers to certain ethicities. They need customers. dee deee dee