Have you ever seen meth mouth? i'd rather look at someone's a** than the damage that these kind of patients have. not all teeth are from crest whitestrips commercials. many dental schools treat patients who haven't been insured/seen a dentist in over a decade. they are often edentulous (no teeth), massive decay, oral pain, awful halitosis, etc.
Being a good Sumeritan and telling all you struggling premeds to go to Dental school!
The advantage of dental schools is that for 4 years of training, you make more money than primary care docs. For 3 more years of training, you make more money than most specialist physicians.
You have no midlevel competition/future encroachment on your turf. You dont have IMG's flooding your residency programs and thus meeting the national demand and lowering future salaries. Dentists dont allow non US grads to get licensed unless they redo Dental school.
Your payment/salaries will be under the radar and not a national debate so you can continue to charge 100 dollars for 5 mins with the patient and nobody questions it. People are so angry at physicians, that society doesnt bother looking at dentists.
You are all fee for service, very little insurance, which makes your business more profitable than half of MD/DO practices.
You also rarely carry pagers and the reality of being "on call" is known to very few dentists, outside of omfs' residents.
Seems to me like it is a much better gig to go the dental route.
Half the board exams MD/Do's need to take.
1/4 of the lawsuits/liability insurance.
They look at teeth, we look at hemorrhoids.
In the end it is all about MONEY and LIFESTYLE!! you make more, you work less when out in practice, you have no call, you are fee for service/no insurance, Obama isnt busting your b**** and people pay you 100 bucks because their tooth hurts and you have a drill in your hand.
I really want to marry a dentist. I think female dentists are SOOO HOT!
-Disillusioned
Being a good Sumeritan and telling all you struggling premeds to go to Dental school!
The advantage of dental schools is that for 4 years of training, you make more money than primary care docs. For 3 more years of training, you make more money than most specialist physicians.
Sorry, money is not the primary motivation behind why I would like to become a physician
You have no midlevel competition/future encroachment on your turf. You dont have IMG's flooding your residency programs and thus meeting the national demand and lowering future salaries. Dentists dont allow non US grads to get licensed unless they redo Dental school.
Actually, I think IMGs are good thing. They add to the overall diversity. Even with the IMGs, many residency spots remain unfilled. So I am not too concerned about getting a residency in one of my top choice programs as long as I attend medical school in the U.S. and do my share of the work.
Your payment/salaries will be under the radar and not a national debate so you can continue to charge 100 dollars for 5 mins with the patient and nobody questions it. People are so angry at physicians, that society doesnt bother looking at dentists.
You are all fee for service, very little insurance, which makes your business more profitable than half of MD/DO practices.
Again, you are talking about money.
You also rarely carry pagers and the reality of being "on call" is known to very few dentists, outside of omfs' residents.
I will give you this one. Yes, becoming a physician is tough. The training is rough and the life after medical school/residency is not any easier. But it is well worth it.
Seems to me like it is a much better gig to go the dental route.
Yes, dentistry would be the right choice for someone that is absolutely facinated by the teeth and can motivate themself to wake up every morning to look at bunch of teeth.
Half the board exams MD/Do's need to take.
I have already taken many exams and I think taking couple more exams will not kill me.
1/4 of the lawsuits/liability insurance.
I am not sure where you got the 1/4 number from. You have any support for this.
They look at teeth, we look at hemorrhoids.
No, physicians look at at a whole human being.
In the end it is all about MONEY and LIFESTYLE!! you make more, you work less when out in practice, you have no call, you are fee for service/no insurance, Obama isnt busting your b**** and people pay you 100 bucks because their tooth hurts and you have a drill in your hand.
Have you ever shadowed a dentist? How about a physician?? I recommend you do this before making claims that you have no support for.
I really want to marry a dentist. I think female dentists are SOOO HOT!
Umm...I have seen some not so hot female dentists and some SOOO HOT female medical students/physicians. You should get out more!!
-Disillusioned
What took you so long?
You are all so innocent, naive and innocent. Best of luck! Dont say I didnt tell you so when you are an intern!
check out the "you will get sued" thread. lol.
and remember...interest is one thing, lifestyle is another. will you still be interested 3 months into a q3or4 call schedule, 4-5 hrs of sleep a night avg, attendings screaming at you, no time to work out/eat. oh wait, but the prestige will make it all worth it in the END. (when/where was "the End" again...after you get into a neurosurg residency program...but wait, there's 7 years of q3-4 after that...or maybe when you start practicing NS...oh wait, it is still q 3-4 and what about the lawsuits?)
Neurosurgeon: 400-700k/yr ; 80+ hrs a wk, LAWSUITS
Orthodontist (he does your braces): 300-700k a yr. 45 hrs a wk. (wait, that means if you worked 80+ hrs/wk you'd make 1.2 million a yr!)
still "interested"?
oh wait, I forgot the prestige. Grey's Anatomy has a NS in it, but no orthodontist. That'll make it worth it bc if I'm a fat NS I will get more women/men than a healthy Orthodontist and people will respect me during my three weeks of vacation a year when I ski at Vale. PLEASE!!!! lol
(note I use I examples of specialists, bc everyone on here wants to be a Radiologist/specialist. News flash: only 1/3 of you will make it. The rest will make the same/less than a CRNA. Let the Rat Race begin!!!! Knives anyone...who's got their back turned???)
orthopaedics or orthodontics? Both are hard as is neurosurg. Pretty comparable across the three I would say.
Being a good Sumeritan and telling all you struggling premeds to go to Dental school!
The advantage of dental schools is that for 4 years of training, you make more money than primary care docs. For 3 more years of training, you make more money than most specialist physicians.
You have no midlevel competition/future encroachment on your turf. You dont have IMG's flooding your residency programs and thus meeting the national demand and lowering future salaries. Dentists dont allow non US grads to get licensed unless they redo Dental school.
Your payment/salaries will be under the radar and not a national debate so you can continue to charge 100 dollars for 5 mins with the patient and nobody questions it. People are so angry at physicians, that society doesnt bother looking at dentists.
You are all fee for service, very little insurance, which makes your business more profitable than half of MD/DO practices.
You also rarely carry pagers and the reality of being "on call" is known to very few dentists, outside of omfs' residents.
Seems to me like it is a much better gig to go the dental route.
Half the board exams MD/Do's need to take.
1/4 of the lawsuits/liability insurance.
They look at teeth, we look at hemorrhoids.
In the end it is all about MONEY and LIFESTYLE!! you make more, you work less when out in practice, you have no call, you are fee for service/no insurance, Obama isnt busting your b**** and people pay you 100 bucks because their tooth hurts and you have a drill in your hand.
I really want to marry a dentist. I think female dentists are SOOO HOT!
-Disillusioned
Top 10 Reasons to go to Dental School Instead of Med School:
1) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
2) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
3) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
4) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
5) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
6) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
7) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
8) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
9) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
10) You want to be a dentist, not a physician.
Typical premed response.
Yes, you made a joke... and I was in on it... never mind.
fixedTop 10 Reasons to go to Dental School Instead of Med School:
1) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
2) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
3) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
4) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
5) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
6) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
7) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
8) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
9) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
10) You want to be a dentist, not a doctor.
Please, please tell me you're being sarcastic, for both our sakes.Couple points...
1. The smartest students in undergrad go into medical school because that is the most prestigious. Some dental students are extremely bright, but most of the medical students are extremely bright.
2. All medical students on day one of medical school has a chance to go into the 2 best medical specialties in terms of pay, lifestyle, and low malpractice. These 2 specialties are dermatology and radiation oncology. If you end up in internal medicine at a middle tier program, you have no one to blame except yourself.
Sure internal medicine residents are jaded but they deserve some of the blame for picking the wrong specialty and/or chasing the elusive pipe dream of cardiology and/or gastroenterology.
Ask any radiation oncology or dermatology resident if they would switch to become a dentist and they would laugh at your face.
PLUS HAVING THE LETTERS M.D. after your name is very cool. Let's say it like it is.
Being a good Sumeritan and telling all you struggling premeds to go to Dental school!
The advantage of dental schools is that for 4 years of training, you make more money than primary care docs. For 3 more years of training, you make more money than most specialist physicians.
You have no midlevel competition/future encroachment on your turf. You dont have IMG's flooding your residency programs and thus meeting the national demand and lowering future salaries. Dentists dont allow non US grads to get licensed unless they redo Dental school.
Your payment/salaries will be under the radar and not a national debate so you can continue to charge 100 dollars for 5 mins with the patient and nobody questions it. People are so angry at physicians, that society doesnt bother looking at dentists.
You are all fee for service, very little insurance, which makes your business more profitable than half of MD/DO practices.
You also rarely carry pagers and the reality of being "on call" is known to very few dentists, outside of omfs' residents.
Seems to me like it is a much better gig to go the dental route.
Half the board exams MD/Do's need to take.
1/4 of the lawsuits/liability insurance.
They look at teeth, we look at hemorrhoids.
In the end it is all about MONEY and LIFESTYLE!! you make more, you work less when out in practice, you have no call, you are fee for service/no insurance, Obama isnt busting your b**** and people pay you 100 bucks because their tooth hurts and you have a drill in your hand.
I really want to marry a dentist. I think female dentists are SOOO HOT!
-Disillusioned
Agreed. I believe the "we" he is referring to is a group of psychiatrists to evaluate your current mental status. jk of course; but not in a million years would I want to deal with people's mouths every single day (unless I was a porn star
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PLUS HAVING THE LETTERS M.D. after your name is very cool. Let's say it like it is.
