What are some questions I can ask a dentist about their career? I need to interview one?
I need to interview a "professional" for a school project so I'm interviewing my upstairs neighbor who's a dentist. I need to ask her 10 questions about her career. "Closed" questions are worth less points, "open" questions are worth more. A closed question is basically a yes or no question, whereas an open question is one the person would have to elaborate on. I've only thought of two questions and I can't think of anymore for some reason. 10 points to anyone who helps me out.
What are other career options for a fresher dentist who is not interested in one's profession?
Generally the career options are doing of MHA or MPH. Or business in dental materials.But doctor is a good and noble profession.If dentistry is not interested ,there is another way by dentist by studying http://p.g.in Maxillofacial surgery and a fellowship in head and neck oncology in a cancer centre,you can serve as head and neck oncology surgeon in a cancer hospital.
Should I pursue my career in dentistry?
Being an average student is no barrier, you can always work your way towards being a good student, you need to be willing and also consistent.If you are thinking about dentistry, you should first ask youself why?what are the reasons that are making you consider dentistry as a profession.To become a dentist,you must first have a genuine interest in the field.You must be willing to study hard.You must have good manual dexterity, doesn't have to be excellent, but you should have a decent amount, can you draw farely well? do you play a musical instrument? do you appreciate art in general?Dentistry is a fusion of art and science.Dentistry requires you to have good interpersonal skills and be highly tolerant,when you work with unhappy people,(people with pain are obviously unhappy) the expectations are high and you need to be able to deliver.You need to be able to work alone,most dentist spend their working day alone in a small operatory,at times you may be swallowed by negative thoughts,unless your practice is extremely busy.Money comes much later.Since you are in high school,i suggest you open your horizons and look at everything you could possibly do for a living, visit or talk to people who are doing different things.Never commit to something that you do not enjoy,since work consumes a major part of our lives, it is imperative that we are happy doing it, even if thats hardly the case these days no matter what you do.Good luck, never give up.
Is a dentist a good career path?
Dentistry is good. I'm not sure how it is in the States, but here you can (and must) practice dentistry with only an undergraduate degree. You will not be accepted into a doctorate degree without at least 8 years' clinical experience, if memory serves me correctly. But you do have to ask yourself if you want to spend the rest of your professional life staring into people's mouths, especially when many of them will have bad breath and a lot of them will only have come to you because they have a problem and haven't had a checkup in years.
Question for the dental hygienists out there. Was your education worth it?
I am currently in the application process to get into the dental hygiene program in my area. In doing this I have had to take many science classes- of which about 96% of my fellow students were attempting to enter nursing. I only ran across 5 individuals besides myself that were looking into this area. I took 5 classes to get where I am at. If you do the math, I had less than 1% of my fellow classmates that were looking to follow the same path. Given this scenario, I was told on several occasions that my choice was the WRONG one and that I should reconsider what I was looking into. I had one person tell me that dental hygienists were being phased out and that the dentists would only hire assistants- so I was wasting my time. I had another tell me that dental hygienists were taking the easy way into a career in the medical field because they could not handle being an RN- nor could they handle the tougher education. My A&P II instructor overheard this last comment- while he himself was educated and licensed in nursing, he told me to stick with the dental thing. It's a good career choice and the people making the comments have no idea what they are talking about. I know several recent grads that really enjoy what they are doing. All would make the same choice again. None of these people are just considered to be an assistant. For myself, I need the flexibility and day-time shifts which most dentists/orthodontists offer. Whether I work for one dentist, or two+ I know that I will probablly never have to work a midnight shift and can be home with my kids. Good Luck with your decision.
How can I make a good career in dentistry though I belong to a financially weak family background in India?
It will take time to make a good career.If you have completed your BDS degree, you can join a clinic to work sometimes, and gain knowledge of work with the varieties of patients.You will earn some money from working in various clinics.Apply for Junior Residence in any hospital you prefer, it will add a good work experience certificate.After that open a clinic, you need a good amount of money for that, if you have not earned enough and saved from past works, you can apply for loan in a bank.Don't open clinic in a competitive area. Where their are other dentists with higher degrees of qualification then you have.With your good work and good behaviour with patients, you will be famous in some years.Extend your clinic. Open clinic in best area now, where their are other dentists also. People will visit you because they will be referred from other patients.And, you will have a good career.If you are good in study, give NEET exam and get Govt seat for MDS, it will give you extra credit and you will get better carrier.But if you can't get a Govt seat, don't go for private college. Rather use some money to learn from hands on course available at many area in India, they teach you to deal with critical cases which are more money making.You can make deal with other clinics. Like, if you are good with ortho work for class II, but not with difficult impacted 3rd Molar. Or opposite situation, You can treat each other’s patient by sharing or referring.Hope that helps. Comment below for doubts, follow me for more queries.
How do I expand my dentistry career other than doing post graduation?
Continuing Education courses.There are all kinds of opportunities in Dental Medicine nowadays. Many, many dental colleges have wonderful CE programs... Google United States Dental Schools/Colleges/Universities and check their respective CE courses... Many private clinicians present course in facial and dental esthetics, implants, etc. You'll be surprised.For example, "Sleep Apnea" is a major problem in our country, and Dental Professionals are the perfect clinicians to diagnose it and in many cases successfully treat it. All we have to do is ask a few appropriate questions on our intake forms. And there's more where that comes from.Good luck and good-for-you for wanting to expand your art.
What would be your best alternatives to being a dentist if you have an undergraduate degree in a dental related field?
Teach students, write medical articles, sell question papers for medical college entrance exams ! Create awareness on oral care, create new products for oral care!
First question: Is anyone here a dentist with the INTP personality? I cannot find anything to be passionate about. My favourite subject was math, but I did not work on it. What is the best thing for me? I love math and music.
I'm an INTP and a dental student. I have to say that I don't really understand “passion”, I don't think it is an emotion that I have ever felt. I chose dentistry because it seemed a) challenging and b) financially secure. I can't say I enjoy it, but there are surely worse things I could be doing. It's certainly very stressful.If you are seriously considering dentistry as a career, I'd advise you to think about your social skills and how willing you are to invest time and effort into developing them. Unfortunately, how you make them feel is a very significant component of patient satisfaction. (Tip: even “small talk” can be interesting if you think of the patient as a subject you're trying to investigate - and information you gain from this will also help you when it comes to managing patients.) You will probably also have to deal with administrative things you don't care for eg appointments, finances, audits.I don't know what the best career might be for you - every job has its downsides. I don't like being stressed but I think I cope even worse with boredom - my advice would be to pick something, get good at it and challenge yourself.