Fanamarinana
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.
Ny vidiny hahazoana azy — ny antsasaky ny salan'isa.
Volana maro ny fiofanana, fotoana feno. Ny fotoana ampahany dia maharitra kokoa.
Volana maro ny karama voalohany ilaina mba hamenoana izany fandaniana izany. Tsy volana maro raha vao mialoha ny rehetra ianao — ny fotoana fanazarantena eo ambony no voalohany.
Loharano: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · seho
Inona no sandan'io vola io, ary inona no tsy sandan'io vola io
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.
Ohatrinona ny olona manana izany, ary ohatrinona ny olona miasa ao amin'ny sehatry ny asa
Ohatrinona ny olona mitàna ity
202,485 professionally active dentists in the United States — 2024, the last year in the ADA series, published 2025.
Tsy manova izany ho isanjato izahay. 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. Ny fizarazarana azy ireo dia mety hahatonga ny isa ho toy ny "ny isan'ny mpitondra miasa any an-toerana" ary tsy ho iray, ka noho izany dia namoaka ny isa roa izahay ary navelany hitoetra.
Inona no tafiditra ao anatin'io fanisana io: 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) · seho
Inona no nitranga tamin'ireo olona izay nahavita ny fiofanana
Efatra taona taorian'ny nahavitana, avy amin'ny tahirin-kevitra federaly
Na 7,918 olona izay nahavita Dentistry (DDS/DMD), first professional degree ary tsy mbola mianatra intsony efatra taona taty aoriana, 210 tsy manana fidiram-bola voarakitra mihitsy — 2.7%. Ireo izay miasa dia mahazo ny salan'isa amin'ny $170,812, amin'ny antsasaky ny afovoany eo anelanelan'ny $110,187 ary $239,976.
Tsy hoe "tsy an'asa" ny "tsy manana vola miditra". Ny fepetra dia ny tsy fisian'ny tahirin-kevitra momba ny karama sy ny fidiram-bola avy amin'ny asa tena nandritra ny taona manontolo. Tsy nisy olona nanontany raha te-hiasa izy ireo, noho izany ny fanisana dia mirakitra ireo olona izay namela ny asa noho ny safidiny — mikarakara zaza, mikarakara, mandeha, miaina amin'ny fidiram-bolan'ny hafa, mifindra any ivelany — miaraka amin'ireo rehetra izay te-hanana asa nefa tsy na izany. Tsy misy olona mamoaka ny fizarazarana ary tsy ho fantatsika izany. Ny zavatra lazainy dia ny hoe firy ny olona nahavita ity fiofanana ity ary tsy nahazo na inona na inona tamin'izany na tamin'ny zavatra hafa nandritra ny efatra taona, izay tena tsy azo lazaina amin'ny tarehimarika ambony momba ny karama.
Ny fehezan-dalànan'ilay rindran'asa: 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.
Iza no ao anatin'ny vondrona: Tsy ao anatin'ny faribolana roa ireo olona niditra tao amin'ny fianarana ambony. Manafoana ireo sekoly manana mpianatra kely loatra tsy azo avoaka ny Departemanta ary mampiditra ny feo ara-statistika amin'ny sisa, ka ity no isa amin'ireo sekoly lehibe ampy ho an'ny tatitra: 53 ny sasany amin'izy ireo, miverina amin'ny laoniny 98.6% amin'ny isan'ny firenena lazain'ny Departemanta ho an'ity fandaharanasa ity. Ny fanafoanana ireo fandaharan'asa fanaovan-gazety kely indrindra dia mampiakatra ny tahan'ny 0.0 isan-jato.
Loharano: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · seho · ny isa mitovy ho an'ny fandaharana rehetra azonay avoaka
Ny zavatra ahafahanao manao
Ny karama dia an'ny asa, fa tsy ny mari-pahaizana.Ireo asa ireo no ahafahan'ny mari-pahaizana mametraka anao ho afaka amin'izany.
| Asa | Tokony atao ve izany? | Mediana | Mpiasa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Ny INSEE dia mampiasa ny kaodim-paositra 2B205.
Mividy ny tenany ve izy?
Ny asa izay avoakany dia manome karama eo amin'ny 1000 $170,950. Ny salan'isa amin'ny asa rehetra navoakanay dia $50,020, ka ny vola azo amin'ny fikarakarana izany dia eo amin'ny $120,930 taona mialoha ny hetra.
Vakio ho toy ny fampitahana amin'ny asa mahazatra izany, fa tsy amin'ny asao. Inona no fototra, ary inona no tsy ahitana
Ary mihevitra izy fa hahazo ny asa ianao. Ny isan'ny vola azo amin'ny alalan'ny tranonkala rehetra dia miankina amin'ny hoe apetraka amin'ny asa ny olona tsirairay. izany no heverina fa misy ny isan'ny mpitondra ny taratasy fanamarinana eo ambony mba hanandramana, ary izany no heverina fa ny tranonkala rehetra mitady vola dia manao izany am-pilaminana.
Ny zavatra ilainao alohan'ny hanombohanao
- A bachelor's degree with science prerequisites
- The Dental Admission Test
- A place at a CODA-accredited dental school
- A clinical licensing examination
Aza atao io raha
- 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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