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


George wrote:
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.


I think since dentists are surgeons, to compare apples with apples, you
have to compare them to surgeons and not physicians. A good analogy is
probably general surgeons (in some countries they have all but vanished
and replaced with GI surgeons).

Regards,
George

Perhaps what they are doing is in a sense equivalent to surgery.
However, general dentists have only had a fraction of the training
that a medical surgeon has.In Australia, to become a surgeon takes
about 10 years post medical school.

On a side note, in Australia, maxillofacial surgeons have both dental
and medical degrees.

.

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