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Dentist #1135 |
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As a dentist, he sees patients four days a week. He may see as many as 15 patients a day and performs a variety of different dental procedures. These procedures range from cavity fillings to extractions. His experiences with dentists when he was a child started out shaky but then became a positive thing. This dentist advises students interested in dentistry to job shadow a dentist for a day and to study the workings of a dentist's office.
Career Profile:
What does this dentist enjoy most about his job? He loves working with people. This southwest Iowa dentist had intentions of becoming a physicist. When he started college, he quickly realized there wasn't a lot of one-on-one personal interaction in the field of physics. A friend told him about dentistry. It sounded interesting because it involved science and working with his hands but in a people-oriented atmosphere. He changed his career path and hasn't looked back.
Dentist #1135
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| How long does it take to become a dentist? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the salary range for this career? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you paid hourly or at a flat rate? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Was there a special reason that you went into dentistry? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is your least favorite thing about being a dentist? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| If a student currently doesn’t like going to the dentist, how do they overcome that and choose this as a career? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is a typical day like for you? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the largest number of wisdom teeth you’ve seen in a patient? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What are the most challenging parts of your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Have you ever had to cooperate with law enforcement? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is there any other way to become a dentist than to attend a four-year college and subsequent dental school? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is there a shortage of dentists? | AUDIO | TEXT |
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