Re: Do Dentists make more money than Doctors in USA?

daveywavey1000@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In Australia, Dentists make substantially more than doctors if we
compare apples with apples. EG, a dentist will earn more than a General
Practitioner (I believe called a "family physician" in the USA).
Similarly, a dental specialist such an orthodontist will earn more than
most medial specialists.

(Actually, in Australia, orthodontists make $1m+ incomes)

Is it a similar position in the USA?



From what I've read, there is so much individual practice variation with regard to income (practice setting, mode of practice) that the averages mean less than they seem to. A general dentist with a good, well-run practice will probably do better than an endodontist (usually the highest average incomes in most of the surveys I've seen) who depends on managed care, or who is a poor manager or poor operator.
Having said that, most of what I've read (I don't have the numbers at hand, but I'm sure some figures could be googled) the average physician in the U.S. has substantially higher income than the average dentist.

Steve

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