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All school and no work...paying for life with no income.

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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2010, 17:58
shadowsjc wrote:
for me it will be loans loans and more loans. i do have some decent change saved up, but that will barely put a dent in my loans.

unfortunately, my girlfriend was recently accepted to her #1 choice for dental school (which happens to be one of the most expensive ones in the country). somehow, my expected $150K in debt pales in comparison to her expected ~$350K in debt after 4 years. looks like we'll be Mr and Mrs Debt once we finally do tie the knot :cry:


Does fixing teeth really pay that well in the US?
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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2010, 17:18
All private, so yes. Dental work can run into tens of thousands of dollars, is prime cosmetic work and means that people don't have teeth like English people.
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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2010, 16:26
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All private, so yes. Dental work can run into tens of thousands of dollars, is prime cosmetic work and means that people don't have teeth like English people.


A dentist friend was telling me he was able to work 3 days a week and earns enough to pay six figures in income tax per year.

Another dentist friend got his oral surgery degree and said it wasn't uncommon to earn in the six figures each month.

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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2010, 14:33
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3underscore wrote:
All private, so yes. Dental work can run into tens of thousands of dollars, is prime cosmetic work and means that people don't have teeth like English people.


A dentist friend was telling me he was able to work 3 days a week and earns enough to pay six figures in income tax per year.

Another dentist friend got his oral surgery degree and said it wasn't uncommon to earn in the six figures each month.

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dentistry pays very very well in the US. however, still not as good as the ibanking/S&T/consulting/HF/VC/PE bunch. it doesn't scale up enough and really caps out at like a million or two a yr.
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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2010, 14:44
but you can't really compare the hours of the two (dental vs banking). most dentists i know work maybe 3 times a week - assuming you're able to open your own practice, of course
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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2010, 09:39
muffeebrown wrote:
Chris Rock has a hilarious bit about being "Chris Rock"...but living next door to a dentist.

"Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He's a **** dentist! He ain't the best dentist in the world...he ain't going to the dental hall of fame...he don't get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He's just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin' the white man can walk to."


it's pretty true. my buddy did his med school at northwestern, and he said these 2 doctors (proctologists - butt doctors) lived next door and across the street from scottie pippen. i'd be pissed if i were scottie.

shadow - from the dentist friends i know, the ones that work 3 days a week don't make the million dollar paychecks. those usually do surgery. but either way, the quality of life is sick compared to ibankers and finance guys.

i also know a friend of a friend, who's an anesthesiologist, and got an offer for 650k a yr with 14 weeks of vacation. sickening.
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Re: All school and no work...paying for life with no income. [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2010, 21:35
3underscore wrote:
All private, so yes. Dental work can run into tens of thousands of dollars, is prime cosmetic work and means that people don't have teeth like English people.


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