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Originally Posted by Ren
Here's how I look at dentistry: If you want to basically own your own money-printing business, work 30 hours a week, live in a million dollar home in Springbank, take vacations whenever you want, never answer to anybody, avoid all the hassle of trying to beat out a million other people for a seat in medical school, have people come back to give you money every 6 months guaranteed, and have a wide open window to specialize once you get bored of general, look into dentistry. It also has the benefit of being covered by insurance so even in a crappy economy you're guaranteed to keep making money, and no matter how many technological advancements may come out in the future you will always be in demand.
It's one of those things that nobody really does because they enjoy working in peoples' mouths all day. It's everything else that makes it awesome. However, as Clever-Iggy said you generally find a lot of unhappy people in the field because it's a very unfulfilling job outside of its perks.
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Dentistry used to be no where as competitive as Medical School. Now it's almost the same. There are less applicants, but there are also less seats. Equally competitive IMO. That said, I have always had bad teeth and pains so I fully appreciate the work a Dentist does