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[Blackshirts_Win_'ships]

I would be very surprised if its harder to get into dental school than med school either. I actually know some dentists that don't make 6 figures with their own practice. I don't know any doctors under 200k.

Certainly could be, it's been a couple years since I've looked directly at the admissions numbers. Given the European system here (straight into med school as undergrad), I don't advise students directly on these pathways like I used to back home.

 

[hothouse_corn]

When my daughter first informed me that she wanted to enter college with the ultimate goal of attending medical school and eventually becoming an MD, I told her she would have to take out loans, and only if she graduated as an MD would I pay them for her. If she dropped out or switch to some worthless degree, she would be stuck paying them all herself.

Well, she called my bluff and graduated as a medical doctor two years ago and I now have $400,000+ in student loans to pay.... damned if I didn’t underestimate her desire to stick it to me. 🤣





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Good for her. You deserved it, probably.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Good for her. You deserved it, probably.

It ain't no thing for the 17th rated Santa Barbara based attorney on the platinum board.

 

[hothouse_corn]

At one point about 12-15 years ago, it was harder to get into both dental and vet school than medical school, at least based on application rates versus number of spots available. I don't know what it looks like now.

I also don't really know what led to that situation. Was it that those applying to vet and dental school assumed they wouldn't have competitive applications for med school, or something else?

 

[HuskerPAC]

No problem. Just a couple of things snd then I will drop it. Over the course of my career, I have seen the rise and fall of orthodontics. As I said, Invisalign has been a game changer that doesn’t require the skills of an orthodontist. My best friend just retired from his 45 yr ortho practice. He will tell you the same.

If I were to advise your daughter on a dental speciality, I would encourage either pediatric dentistry or oral surgery.

Pediatric dentistry is something most general dentists don’t want to deal with. It’s a lot quicker to deal with a cooperative adult that a scared kid. We also deal with mentally challenged adults with special needs. Both are very rewarding.

The other specialty I would recommend is oral surgery. Very lucrative practice and typically requires much more skill and training than that possessed by a general dentist. For that reason, you tend to get a lot of referrals.

One of our best friends is a pediatric dentist and I would agree with this. My wife’s cousin is a general dentist in Missouri (lots of bad teeth there) that does some “orthodontics” as well. Agree with the Invisalign changing orthodontics.

Oral surgeons can write their ticket. If I have a bad case in my ER it is tough to find those specialists.

 

[HuskerPAC]

Most adult PC docs make 200-220k a year FYI. Someone posted that dentists average 150k. Average out the residency years and idk about “much better”

My wife is a PC doc and I second this. Also, since we are rural, her loans are paid. She also came out of undergrad and med school with only 95k in debt thanks to her brain.

 

[Jim14510]

One of our best friends is a pediatric dentist

In Omaha?

 

[HuskerPAC]

In Omaha?

Just left Nashville and is in Dakota Dunes, SD. Good looking gal, worth the drive from Omaha. She’s also phenomenal at her job.

 

[Jim14510]

Just left Nashville and is in Dakota Dunes, SD. Good looking gal, worth the drive from Omaha. She’s also phenomenal at her job.

Just making sure it wasn't the same one I was talking about. I'll refrain from opinining on that one.

 

[HuskerPAC]

Just making sure it wasn't the same one I was talking about. I'll refrain from opinining on that one.

Wonder if we know similar people. Let’s keep the mystery.

 

[SantaBarbaraSker]

It ain't no thing for the 17th rated Santa Barbara based attorney on the platinum board.

Excuse me ! ... 16th rated, and don’t you forget it.






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[SantaBarbaraSker]

At one point about 12-15 years ago, it was harder to get into both dental and vet school than medical school, at least based on application rates versus number of spots available. I don't know what it looks like now.

I also don't really know what led to that situation. Was it that those applying to vet and dental school assumed they wouldn't have competitive applications for med school, or something else?

That’s because when you’re a veterinarian or dentist, there’s a possibility of having a semblance of a normal life, and still have a decent income.






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[ThomOsborneMD]

That’s because when you’re a veterinarian or dentist, there’s a possibility of having a semblance of a normal life, and still have a decent income.

That’s why majority of physicians/PAs that choose primary care choose primary care. Most are 8-5 jobs. Do veterinarians have any chance of paying off their loans?

 

[HCFord1]

That’s why majority of physicians/PAs that choose primary care choose primary care. Most are 8-5 jobs. Do veterinarians have any chance of paying off their loans?

Exactly. Primary care docs don't exactly work long shifts, unless they're hospitalists or something.

On another note, I can't think of many jobs that I'd be less capable of doing than being a veterinarian. Putting pets to sleep every day would either make me permanently depressed or turn me into a sociopath.

 

[Jim14510]

Exactly. Primary care docs don't exactly work long shifts, unless they're hospitalists or something.

On another note, I can't think of many jobs that I'd be less capable of doing than being a veterinarian. Putting pets to sleep every day would either make me permanently depressed or turn me into a sociopath.

My worst nightmare job would be a pediatric oncologist or anything along those lines watching kids die from shitty diseases.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

My worst nightmare job would be a pediatric oncologist or anything along those lines watching kids die from shitty diseases.

Takes special people to do that. Pediatric hospice worker would be the worst.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

That’s because when you’re a veterinarian or dentist, there’s a possibility of having a semblance of a normal life, and still have a decent income.






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Good to see you back around SB

 

[LoudHogRider]

Good to see you back around SB

I figured he'd gone full "Donner Pass" on us after getting snowed in somewhere near Pagosa Springs.

 

[HCFord1]

My worst nightmare job would be a pediatric oncologist or anything along those lines watching kids die from shitty diseases.

Like Hugh Grant in The Undoing...

 

[Jim14510]

Like Hugh Grant in The Undoing...

Being a psychopath probably helps in that situation.