Dentist

Duties and responsibilities: Dentists are special doctors who specialize in oral health. They have numerous responsibilities that include: diagnosing oral diseases, promoting oral health and disease prevention,performing surgical procedures on the teeth,bone,or soft tissues on the oral cavity. Dentists also creates treatment plans to maintain or restore the oral healths of their patient. They also interpret x-rays and diagnostic tests and ensuring the safe administration of anesthetics.

Salary:  ($149,310 USD)

Education: The first education of being a dentist to enroll in dental school. You must submit your  DAT( Dental Admission Test) with your application.  Colleges offer a DDS degree program for 4 years for preclinical and clinical instruction. First two years are devoted to lab and class instruction. Courses may include: pathology, dental diagnosis, and dental treatment techniques . You must have a doctoral degree,a bachelor's degree for dental medicine.

Demand or need for this profession: There should be more dentists here in the community or in fact everywhere. We need more dentists, because there are very few of them here and everyone needs to go. We need both dentists and orthodontists.

Reflection: I don’t think i would like to be a dentist, because it doesn’t quite interest me. The fact of cleansing patient’s mouth and other tasks doesn’t catch my attention.