dentist

Dentist 

Duties and responsibilities required to have in order to become a dentist: 

Their responsibilities include: Diagnosing oral diseases. Promoting oral health and disease prevention. Creating treatment plans to maintain or restore the oral health of their patients. 

A dentist’s annual average salary is: 149,310 USD 

Some education and demands for this profession are: 

Education Requirements. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that most dental students obtain a bachelor's degree prior to entering dental school (www.bls.gov). While no specific undergraduate degree is required, students commonly take science courses in biology, anatomy, chemistry and microbiology. Dental school takes four years to complete at full-time status, so those who complete a bachelor's degree first will be in school for eight years. Those who do not finish a bachelor's degree first or who complete a combined bachelor's and doctoral degree program may take less time to finish.  

Reflection: Would you like to be one? Why? Why not? 

I think that I wouldn’t want to be a dentist because of all the saliva and dirty stuff that you see inside people’s mouths but then again I mean you do get paid a lot and it’s not that hard of a job. So I think that I would but at the same time I wouldn’t it has its up and downs.