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Chances are do you know what a dentist does. A dentist is a medical professional who helps patients maintain good oral health. Put simply, dentists work on teeth and gums. They fill cavities, fix teeth that are broken or otherwise damaged, perform surgery to correct teeth and gums, remove teeth, and remove plaque and tooth decay. Like all medical doctors, they have the authority to prescribe medicine and antibiotics. Dentists enjoy high salaries, good job security-job growth for dentists is expected to rise in the near future-and comfortable working conditions for the most part. A persistent rumor, for at least the last decade, if not longer, is that the rate of depression and suicide in dentists is higher than for any other profession. This is apparently more of an urban myth than a sociological reality and the simple truth is that most dentists enjoy their jobs, their hobbies, their families and their lives in general.

If you want to be a dentist, you have to decide if you want to be a general dentist or you want to go to school for a few extra years to specialize in such areas as orthodontics (straightening teeth), periodontics (caring for the gums and the bones of the mouth), oral surgery, pediatric dentistry or one of several other options. Most general dentists actually own their own businesses and hire a staff of hygienists and business people to help them out. To be always a solo practitioner, you need to have good clerical and administrative skills along with strong skills as a dentist. You also have to advertise yourself and your services effectively.

Many dentists work five days a week, forty hours a week, although some work only four or even three and a half days a week. When you are just starting out in your career, however, you should expect to work more than forty hours a week until your business and your reputation are firmly established. It's also recommended to take the time each year to learn about the latest technologies. More and more dentists are starting to use lasers in such procedures as teeth whitening and lasers do seem to represent the wave for the future in dentistry. Also, online record keeping and other tools keep changing and improving, and it's best to stay together with all these new methods of conducting business.

Becoming a dentist, you will have to complete four years of undergraduate study to earn a bachelor's degree and then go to dental school for four years or so. Admission to dental school, as you might imagine, is highly competitive, so work hardest as an undergraduate to get the best grades and gain the most knowledge as you possibly can. When you finish dental school, you will have to pass a licensing exam, which involves a written section and a hands-on section in which you have to physically demonstrate your skills.

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