When most students choose what they want to do when there are older, they often look at the average salary of their desired occupation. For a dentist, according to Salary.com the median income is $151,447 ("Dentist Salaries"). This is a seems like a good salary at a glance but after factoring the amount of money and time that has been spent on dental school, this may not be a great salary. According to Salary.com, dentists in the 90th percentile earned greater than $200,000 which seems more realistic for a salary of a hard working dentist ("Dentist Salaries").
Some of the factors that will effect the income of a dentist are; whether he/she runs their own practice, level of education, specialization, number of employees, area of practice, etc.. So depending on those factors, average salary can very from dentist to dentist.
Sources
"Dentist Salaries." And How Key Factors Impact. International Business Machines Corporation. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.
Fig. 1. "Welcome to Lake Forest Pediatric Dentistry." Lake Forest Pediatric Dentistry. Lake Forest Pediatric Dentistry. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.
Do you think you will open your own practice after all of your schooling?
ReplyDeleteYes, my ultimate goal after school is to one day open my own dental practice. This will take lots of work but I feel this is what I would love to do and what I would be very successful and happy doing it.
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