Is it worth the extra time? It's an extra 6-7 years without pay right? And the debt must be enormous.
You are paid while you're doing your residency. How much depends on the program, but I think it's somewhere around 40K or so a year.
Is it worth the extra time? It's an extra 6-7 years without pay right? And the debt must be enormous.
Don't forget about the 2 years of medical school tuition that must be paid.
it's an extra 4 years usually and it is worth it financially. i work at an omfs office right now, and each GA case with all 4 extractions is about 2k. local cases are about 1k. this is each hr. he usually has 5 cases each day, all in the morning starting at 7:30. in the afternoons it's only consultations, which is like $50 each. but he told me the avg NET income each day is about 4k.
so 4k x 5 days = 20k each week, x 4 = 80k per month.
80k x 12 months = $960,000 per year...dammmnnnn.
Doing OMFS for the money is the wrong motivation. Here is the process of getting in....
1. Do extremely well in college to get into dental school, preferably to one that produces lots of specialists. Also, a lot of med schools look at UG grades for OMFS.
2. Do extremely well in dental school to be competitive and rock the boards.
3. Successfully match to a 6yr-MD integrated OMFS residency
4. Spend 6yrs post graduate of a professional 4yr school to become an OMFS.
4+4+6=14yrs
Now that is IF everything goes to plan. Non-matching, or not getting accepted anywhere along the way extends this journey years at a time.
Better be ready for the long haul and a ton of educational loans.
For those interested in the military, they base acceptances into their post doctoral programs somewhat different by including military experience. So, if you were in the Army (or any of theother branches), you could do the 1 yr GPR + 2 year operational tour and then apply to OMFS if the Army is in need. But do not join the military for this.
4yrs UG + 4yrs D-school + 1yr GPR +2yrs operational tour + 4yrs OMFS = 15yrs..