Peds Dentist Salary

[Startingover123]

Does anyone have salary figures for peds? Starting? Five plus years out? I can’t seem to find any definite numbers online.

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[free99]

$225k+ out of residency up to about $400k as an associate. Sky (and floor) is limit as owner.

 

[allDAT]

It depends where you’re looking to practice. The farther away from the coasts you get the higher the base pay - not necessarily “rural” because you need to be in a city/town that’s growing due to births or influx of new young families and they need to be affluent enough to know that a pediatric dentist is more appropriate than a general dentist for their child.

In general, what I have seen is that a pedo base is about 2-2.25x the base of a GP in that market. So if a general dentist’s base is typically 550/day, pedo would be around 1100. If a GP with 5 years of experience’s base is 800, a comparable pedo would be about 1600 etc. The bump usually comes in as a percentage of production though. Where a pedo may early 5% more than a GP is most markets. So if a GP gets 35% of collections, pedo would expect 40. If a GP gets 25% of production, pedo would expect 30 etc.

 

[Dochopeful13]

It depends where you’re looking to practice. The farther away from the coasts you get the higher the base pay - not necessarily “rural” because you need to be in a city/town that’s growing due to births or influx of new young families and they need to be affluent enough to know that a pediatric dentist is more appropriate than a general dentist for their child.

In general, what I have seen is that a pedo base is about 2-2.25x the base of a GP in that market. So if a general dentist’s base is typically 550/day, pedo would be around 1100. If a GP with 5 years of experience’s base is 800, a comparable pedo would be about 1600 etc. The bump usually comes in as a percentage of production though. Where a pedo may early 5% more than a GP is most markets. So if a GP gets 35% of collections, pedo would expect 40. If a GP gets 25% of production, pedo would expect 30 etc.

Not too shabby. So 400k is doable?

 

[free99]

Not too shabby. So 400k is doable?

Yes. But going into this field for $ is probably the worst decision you can make. Out of all the specialties, you really have to have a passion for this one in particular if you want to succeed. The $ is out there for any specialty, general practice included.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Yes. But going into this field for $ is probably the worst decision you can make. Out of all the specialties, you really have to have a passion for this one in particular if you want to succeed. The $ is out there for any specialty, general practice included.

How do you manage burn out?

 

[free99]

How do you manage burn out?

Haha check back in 5 years, I'm still fresh.

 

[allDAT]

Not too shabby. So 400k is doable?

Sure. Collect $5720 per day 4 days a week, 35% collections as production. Work 50 weeks a year.

 

[cjcn]

Haha check back in 5 years, I'm still fresh.

Hi, how do you manage burnout?

 

[tinman831]

Hi, how do you manage burnout?

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