orthodontist

Orthodontist

Duties and Responsibilities:Orthodontics, a specialty within the dental profession, involves straightening teeth and correcting bites. As an orthodontist, you are responsible for locating problems with the positioning of patients' teeth and with their oral development. You might use x-rays or plaster molds of your patients' teeth to do this.

Salary:Hence, the orthodontists working in offices of dentists have a median wage of $196,170 per year (with a hourly rate of$94.31), the ones working in offices of other health practitioners have an income of $192,600 per year ($92.60 per hour), while the ones working in the outpatient care centers earn $203,000 per year.

Education:The first step to becoming an orthodontist starts with completing four years of college. After earning a bachelor's degree, the student must complete four years of dental school along with an additional two to three years of training and education an orthodontic residency.

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

I think that I would and I wouldn't  want to be an orthodontist because it pays good but it requires at least 10 years of schooling additionally from high school.