Dental Specialties vs. General Dentistry

How about Neuromasculat dentistry as specialty? What is the difference betwwen TMJ specialist, Neuromuscular denist and Orofacial pain specialist? Can one spwcialist do all three, or do they all have to go their own ways?

I'm 18 years old just going to community college. I want to transfer to a 4 year after 2 years. Right now I'm very interested in becoming a dentist since my uncle is also a dentist and they make good money. But I've heard that schooling will be long and expensive (300k+). I don't know for sure if dentistry is something I want to do. I've heard people say that there are easier ways to make money than a dentist. I'd like to get some people's opinions on my situation to understand what I would need to expect and if I really want to go into dentistry. So either convince me to go or not or just give me insightful knowledge if you can. Thanks!

Hi, I love your content doc! I have a question to ask. 3 years ago i chose dentistry over medicine. That day I'd had a neck pain and pain in the fingers of my right hand for a week. I thought, i didn't have any major problems with my neck before and I've been feeling this pain for a week so i didn't wanna decide against dentistry because of it. But unfortunately the pain hasn't gone away ever since. Doctor said it was probably a bad idea for me to choose dentistry because there should be a problem with my neck (herniated disc) and i went for MRI and doctors said it's fine and i need physical therapy and it helped but after six months the pain came back. My therapist said it's not a big deal just stiffness and trigger points. It's not severe but even walking or standing triggers it. Both stiffness and pain in neck and pain in the fingers of my right hand. Now I have 3 more years to finish dental school and I'm not even sure if i can become a dentist or not. Or even if i should quit or not. I don't even know if it's too late for me to get into med school. It's really hard (if possible) to do that now. I feel like i made a huge mistake. I'm 21. How serious do you think it is? Should i quit dental school? Some people say dental radiology is a good choice for me but in order to make enough money to own my own dental radiography clinic i need to work as a general dentist for some time and artificial intelligence is kind of getting really good at x-ray diagnosis already which is a threat. It means a lot if you answer.

Sir so is pediatric dentist a good future

These videos are fantastic.

I just don't understand one thing; you said your main deter from not specializing is your GPA/class rank; however, there is even international dentists who got into perio, ortho, endo (at least what I have seen so far). I really do not understand how this work but in my residency I had classmates who had no US DDS at all and their part I and II were pass/fail. Nothing really special other than they kept doing observerships or fellowships. Try that if you really want to specialize.

Hi, can we do dental specialization after working in general dentistry

Thanks for the insight! Sorry to comment on an older video, but I'm curious about your thoughts on specializing as a non-trad student. Is there a graduation age where you think it may be less worth specializing with the possibility of a shorter career (assuming you aren't practicing in your 80s)?

Im a dentist 32yo. Currently torn between choosing to specialize in orthodontics, or just go study medicine (dreaming of being an ent). Any opinion?

It depends on the country. In South America, especially in Colombia you need to be a specialist or you have no future at all

you can do orthodontics without the speciality? :O in my country you have to have speciality to move teeth in any way

In Korea we don’t really use the terms, specialist & general dentist because all dentists are specialists. I am in Australia and I have to see general dentists and the skill sets are embarrassing.

Hi! Very useful video. I'm a dentistry student about to finish my studies and this is one of my biggest questions. I'm really confused - _-

I am beginning to apply to colleges and am seeking to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon or orthodontists but I am really unsure how to start my journey. Do I go straight to dental school or do I have to do pre-dentistry as a major in college? IDK help lol

I am an endodontist for over 15 years and I am thinking to go back to general dentistry. Reasons: being bored, being frustrated with delivering a good foundation and then seeing poor dentistry placed on top of this.

A general dentist has to be a jack of all trades and handles a large variety of cases. A specialist does only one thing. Also, many specialists cannot support an office themselves, they need to share overhead with a group or another dentist. Plus, many general dentists have a preferred area they like to do like endo, ortho, prosto or pediatric. For us, we do a lot of endo and prosto, but are looking at adding ortho as well. In the end, every dentist has to strike it out on their own and build their own following. It almost doesn't matter what you do, it's how your patient pool responds to you.

I live in dubai I know its nothing like the US

but I just find it interesting that Orthodontists make more than oral surgeon lol idk what was the reason for that

hi my name is hector nosaka
i have two offices in mexico. one in mexico city and the other in Celaya .
i started as a general denist. referred many cases to specialist but the results I got from them were not good. So I decided to do it myself.I emulated a close friend of mine thath finished the prosthodontist specialty in japan but kept studing endodontics in continuing education courses.
I did the same but went to the continuing education department at UCLA.For us mexicans its very expensive but I did the effort and finished a very complete course in endodontics, implantology, occlusion to an advanced level, miniresidency in sleep dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, 3 years diplomate course in orthodontics, went to germany to get the cerec trainer certificate and clear aligner training. Its been a long road but I think it paid off because I beleive everything I do in the office is predictable especially if you include occclusion (bite study) in all your treatments. The most imporant part of all these is that I enjoy my work much more than before and the patients benefefit from it not only in their oral health but their general health because a food balance in occlusion is very important for column position, breething and other health issues.
I strongly beleive a general dentist can do more for their patients if he sees the whole picture of the mouth throat, neck, airway space and relationship between all the parts. I am also into alternative medicine so I would say my practice is a holistic one.
congratulaions for your videos. you have a very open and sicere opinion of your experience and I think that will help many of our collegues.

Do you think there will be a noticeable difference in a root canal treatment if it is performed by a general dentist who has experience, compared to an endodologist?

I'm planning to immigrate to the us, I'm an experienced dentist in brazil (9 years of work here) and want to know is it important to study a specialty or I can just work with what am good at? Hope you answer my question

People go to college for 4 years to make 100k, 4 more years (dental school) to double it to 200k, why not go another 2 years to double it if not 5x it. 400k to million plus. How you build your systems will determine where you end up financially more than if you’re a specialist. Pediatric dentist.

You should if you can.

great video, needed this as motivation to get through ochem in undergrad!

Here’s a basic conclusion
If you got the grades, good scores, and feel like you could specialize
Do it
If you wanna make money right out of school
And don’t wanna go to school for a couple extra years
Go general

Where do you practice?

I stumbled upon this channel from dental town 😊 and I must say that I am not disappointed. You make wonderful videos.

Stumbled upon this as I am considering specialising - thanks for sharing your personal experience and being an inspiration for other dentists! Would love to hear more from you :)

A private practice doing 8 root canals a day? That seems more like a commercial level dental office. I’ve interned at a private practice but maybe it was so private that it was considered local. Not sure

foreign trained dentists are definitely threats...

I'm a 5th year dental student in Europe (1 more year to go) and I'm currently trying to decide between going into oral surgery or maxillofacial surgery. I know that for maxillofacial it is required to study both dental and general medicine, which is taking an eternity. What is your take on this? Would you recommend this to anyone? Do you have any colleges, that have persuited that speciality?

Informative video. Can i refer you to a new directory for dentists to add your video? We can also send you the link by email.

hello Dr!! I just wanted to know if a dentist can have two specialties at the same time

You said, "even pediatric dentists..". Does this mean that pediatric dentists are the bottom of the specialized dentists?

Can a dentist go into other specialties in medicine

Nice. Great video. I am an endodontist and I like it. Endo-one love!!!

Is it financially viable to start a 4-year OMFS residency program at 56? 😅

Great video, doc. Yes, please bring in a dental pathologist for an interview. It's hard to imagine how a dental radiologist would make money. Do dental anestheologists have to move from one oral surgeon office to next?

Definitely a much needed discussion. Great content as usually

Thnx dr
We will be waiting for the interview between generalist and specialist

do you think about corporate dentistry is a threat to the everyday general dentist and also new students that are bound to be general dentists ?

Im thinking of specialising. I’d expect an endontic dentist to have hygiene checks wivin their office. Sorry I can’t spell.

Thank you for the great channel! I look forward to watching the interviews, particularly with the orofacial pain, sleep medicine, and oral medicine specialists.

Im looking to become a periodontist can u give me some insights on what i should exspect.

Absolutely love your channel and content!

Just subscribed! Love your videos, keep it up

Love this channel!

Love the content doctor! Honest, clear to the point and really informative. Do you have an Instagram or other social media that we can connect with you on?