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Dentist licence (DDS/DMD)
The most expensive credential on this site — a quarter of a million dollars in federal loans at the median — leading to one of the best-paid occupations in the country.
Mis maksab, et saada ~ keskele vahemikus.
Kuude kaupa treeninguid, täiskohaga, osalise ajaga läheb kauem.
Kuude kaupa tasulist tasu, mis on vajalik selle maksumuse katmiseks. Mitte kuid, kuni te olete üldiselt ~ eespool on koolitusaeg on esimene.
Allikas: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · vaade
Mis see kuluarv on ja mis see ei ole
The highest figures on this site, and still only the borrowed part. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Four years of dental school after a bachelor's degree, then a state or regional clinical licensing examination. Specialising adds two to six years of residency on top.
Licences renew every one to two years by state with continuing education requirements.
Kui palju inimesi seda hoiab ja kui palju neid välitööl töötab?
Kui palju inimesi seda hoiab?
202,485 professionally active dentists in the United States — 2024, the last year in the ADA series, published 2025.
Me ei muuda seda protsendiks. We hold a sound count of dentists and a sound count of employed dentists and we are not dividing one into the other, because federal employment data counts employees and most dentists are self-employed practice owners. The ratio would read as though a third of dentists were not working in dentistry, and what it would actually measure is how many of them own the practice rather than being paid by one. Mõlemad arvud on omapäi ja mõlemad avaldatakse eespool ja allpool. Jagamine neid annaks näitaja, mis on ~0. osa omanike töötavad valdkonnas ja ei oleks üks, nii et me avaldame kaks loengut ja lase neil seista.
Mida see loeb?: People, from the ADA's masterfile, and already filtered to those whose primary occupation is dentistry — private practice, dental school faculty, armed forces and federal services, state and local government, hospital staff, residents and interns. It EXCLUDES retired dentists, dentists not in practice or waiting for boards, and anyone whose main job is something else. That filtering makes it a different kind of count from most on this site: it is closer to a workforce than to a registry, which is exactly why we do not divide employment into it.
The ADA count is also filtered differently from most credential registries on this site: it already excludes retired dentists and those not in practice, so it is closer to a workforce count than to a register of everyone who ever qualified. Two counts that are each right, measuring populations that do not line up, is precisely the case where publishing the pair and refusing the percentage is the honest answer.
American Dental Association Health Policy Institute, Supply of Dentists in the US: 2001–2024, Table 1 (Standing count of people holding the credential) · vaade
Mis juhtus inimestega, kes lõpetasid koolituse
Neli aastat pärast lõpetamist, föderaalandmetest
- Jah. 7,918 lõpetatud inimesed Dentistry (DDS/DMD), first professional degree ja ei õppinud enam neli aastat hiljem, 210 ei olnud üldse rekordilist tulu — 2.7%. Tööd teinud inimeste keskmine $170,812, mille keskmine pool on $110,187 ning $239,976.
.Ei ole palgaarvestust. See on palgarekordi ja positiivse füüsilisest isikust ettevõtja sissetuleku puudumine kogu aasta jooksul. Kelleltki ei küsitud, kas nad tahavad tööd, nii et loendus sisaldab inimesi, kes lahkusid tööjõust omal valikul ~ laste kasvatamise, hoolimise, reisimise, kellegi teise sissetulekute elamise, välismaale kolimise, ~ kõigi kõrval, kes tahtsid tööd ja kellel polnud seda. Keegi ei avalda lõhet ja me ei arva seda. See näitab, kui palju inimesi lõpetas selle koolituse ja teenis midagi sellest või millestki muust neli aastat edasi, mis on täpselt see, mida palgaline arv ei saa teile öelda.
Mida see programmikood hõlmab: CIP 51.04 at first-professional level is the DDS and DMD. It does not include dental hygiene or dental assisting, which are CIP 51.06 and appear separately. Specialty residencies taken after the degree are also outside it.
Kes on kohordis: lõpetajad, kes said föderaalse õppe abi ~ umbes pooled USA üliõpilastest, ja teine pool ei ole mõõdetud siin. Inimesed, kes läksid edasi õppima ei ole veerus. Osakond pärsib asutused kohordid liiga väike avaldada ja lisab statistilist müra ülejäänud, nii et see on summa üle institutsioonid piisavalt suur, et teatada: 53 neist taastub 98.6% selle programmi puhul on nõutav ministeeriumi enda riiklik loendus. Väikseimate aruandlusprogrammide vähendamine viib määra ümber 0.0 Protsent.
Allikas: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · vaade · sama arv iga programmi kohta, mida me saame avaldada
Mida see sul teha laseb?
Palk kuulub töö, mitte ametitunnistusele, milleks see sind kvalifitseerib.
| Töö | Kas see on vajalik? | Mediaan | Tööl |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists, General | Legally required to hold the job | $170,950 | 124,390 |
| Dentists, All Other Specialists | Legally required to hold the job | $224,990 | 5,230 |
| Orthodontists Requires the dental degree plus a two- to three-year orthodontic residency. |
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own | $289,140 | 6,210 |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Requires the dental degree plus a four- to six-year surgical residency. |
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own | $352,220 | 4,910 |
| Prosthodontists Requires the dental degree plus a three-year prosthodontic residency. |
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own | $311,180 | 870 |
Keskmine palk ja tööhõive: BLS Töö- ja palgastatistika, mai 2025.
Kas see maksab enda eest?
See avab töö maksab mediaani $170,950. Tööhõive kaalutud mediaan iga ameti kohta, mille me avaldame on $50,020, Seega on selle hoidmise eest makstav lisatasu umbes $120,930 aasta enne maksude mahaarvamist.
Loe seda võrdluseks keskmise tööga, mitte oma tööga. Mis on see lähtejoon ja mis see välja jätab
Ja see eeldab, et sa saad töö. Iga kättemaksu näitaja sellel saidil on tingimus, et tööle võetakse. See on eeldus, et õigus-omanik arv eespool on olemas testida, ja see on eeldus, et iga teine palga saidi teeb vaikselt.
Mida sa vajad enne alustamist
- A bachelor's degree with science prerequisites
- The Dental Admission Test
- A place at a CODA-accredited dental school
- A clinical licensing examination
Ärge tehke seda, kui:
- you are not prepared for the largest debt on this site and the years of practice-building or buy-in that usually follow it
- you want to be an employee — most dentists own or buy into a practice, which is a second and separate capital requirement
- you cannot work with your hands at a millimetre of tolerance for eight hours a day
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