Who makes more money, a General Dentist, an Orthodontist, and a Dental Surgeon
I am not really sure what the difference is between the three. If you could give me a brief description for each, it will be greatly appreciated. And if u could please rank them according to demand. Thank you all.
Answer:Okay, a general dentist treats cavities, and also addresses oral health and hygiene. Also they work with dentures, partials, bruxism (grinding). You do not techniqually have to be a board qualified specialist to do orthodontia (braces), endo (root canals) implants , or minor oral surgery. General dentists dable in all of the above. So dentists make a huge amount of money if they own their own practice. 200,000 + take home a year after expenses.
Orthodontists charge on average 5,ooo dollars per case. They see a huge volume of patients. Usually about 20-25 patients daily in a busy practice...you do the math.
Oral Surgeons are the gifted dentists whom studied some in medical school as well. They don't do just extractions, but sometimes emergency cranio-facial surguries or recontructive surguries for lets say a car accident or a gun shot wound. They probably work less hours than an honest general dentist and play way too much golf. They make the most money definately about half a million a year.
Hope this helps.
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general dentist : examines mouth/hygiene/fills cavities/treats gum disease.