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Life of a Dentist

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  • Graduation and Career Options
    • Obtaining Licensure
    • Practice Options
    • Alternative Career Paths
    • Shadowing and Externships
    • Life of a Dentist
  • Post-graduate Programs
    • Find a Program
    • Application Process
    • Writing Your CV
    • Interviewing for the Perfect Residency
    • Starting a Residency
    • Timeline for Applying to Residency
  • Getting a Job
    • Dental Associateships
    • Creating a CV
    • Interviewing for the Perfect Associateship
    • Owning a Practice
    • Personal Insurance Options
      • Disability Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • Malpractice 101
  • Financial and Practice Management
    • Loan Repayment Plans
    • Understanding Dental Insurance
    • Laying Your Financial Foundation
  • ASDA Home

Follow these eight dentists through a typical day. Each dentist practices in a different specialty or work environment. You'll find out why they chose their career path, what makes their field unique, what kind of additional training they received, what advice they would give to someone interested in their career and much more.

  • Academic Dentistry 
  • Endodontics 
  • Federal Services/Military Dentistry 
  • General Dentistry - Corporate Practice 
  • General Dentistry - Private Practice 
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 
  • Orthodontics 
  • Pediatric Dentistry 
  • Public Health Dentistry 

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