Dentisty Field Questions?

What is family life like being a dentist and do you spend a lot of time with them? I want to start a family and I don't want to be like a doctor where I am gone ALL the time........ I just want to be able to come home to the kids at least for maybe 1-2 hours.......





Also someone was telling me dentist were going broke across the country in the US because there are so many of them that there is now too much of them! Is this ture??????

Dentisty Field Questions?
I think the blend between dentistry and family can be ideal. You are certainly not "gone all the time" due to practice hours. Most dentists work (more or less) 9-to-5 for 4 or 5 days a week. Some work a late night once a week. Even if you work for someone, you can accept or decline night hours - or look for a more flexible employer if you can't.





You will not go broke if you don't overspend. Dentistry can provide a lot of money at an early age. Banks will lend you money on your signature. WATCH YOUR SPENDING! It is so easy to get in over your head in debt and this would be the only reason for a dentist to go broke.





I say, become a dentist and either "go where the money is," like the rapidly growing cities in the US, or live where you want to live and just accept that you could probably make more money, but you are probably making more than 95% of the people in the town where you choose to live.
Reply:It's good to have a clear sight of your goal. It will make life easier and it will be easier to get where you want to go. Report It

Reply:The family question is the reason I became a small town dentist. And it worked wonderfully well for the reasons you mentioned.


They say that you can no longer start your own practice now. That is not exactly true, but it is hard. There was a time when it was next to impossible for a dentist to go broke. Now it happens often. Almost impossible to practice part time any more. Set expenses eat you up.


The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities out there. Oversupply is not that bad, and I do not think it is getting worse. The profession is still very rewarding for most dentists that I know.

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