Difficulty of dental school if not specializing?

[leehrat]

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I have a question for all the current dental students: how difficult is dental school if you are going in solely with the intention of doing the bare minimum to pass and be a competent dentist? from my readings on dentaltown it seems like gp's can still do very well financially as long as they have a reasonable degree of clinical competence and good business acumen. i hear a lot of people here talking about how difficult it is but i feel that these complaints are coming from those who want to specialize or at least keep that option available. is this true?

and a second question: how difficult is it to learn to work with your hands to the extent necessary for a competent dentist? i've never been artistically inclined or anything but i do feel like i have good fine motor skills and i enjoy things like computer repairs and car repair/tweaking. would this be enough background? thanks