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DDS or DLT: Career Interview Questions?


Hi! My name is Judy, and I am a junor in high school. I'm taking a Health Science Ed. class on medical careers, and am hoping to have a profession in dentistry! We were assigned to interview a doctor of our chosen career, so I have a couple of questions in mind. I would greatly appreciate it if a DDS (doctor of dental surgery), DMD (doctor of dental medicine), or a DLT (dental lab tech.) could answer some of these interview questions for me:

*Name:
*Job Title:
*Work Location:

1) How long have you been working in this feild?

2) Where did you receive your education, and how long did it take?

3) What are your major job responsibilities?

4) How does your job compare to other jobs in the health care field with regard to salary, benefits, and opportunites?

5) What do you like most about your job?

6) What do you like least about your job?

7) If you had the chance to make a change in your career, what would you do and why?

Thanks!!!!!

*Name: Dr. Sam
*Job Title: Dentist
*Work Location: Rural South Jersey

1) How long have you been working in this field?
30 years
2) Where did you receive your education, and how long did it take?
University of Pennsylvania; 4 years of college and 4 years of dental school
3) What are your major job responsibilities?
Typical of any general dental practice with clincal and business owner functions
4) How does your job compare to other jobs in the health care field with regard to salary, benefits, and opportunites?
I don't make as much money as most specialists within dentistry and not as much as any physician, but I make more than almost 98% of the population of the US. I am aware of that and grateful for it. You can find salary and career information at http://www.ada.org. I am self-employed, so any "benefits" are paid by myself for both me and my staff. As far as opportunities, once I decided on the practice of dentistry, that defined the opportunities for me. There are many paths, but as I said, I chose general practice.
5) What do you like most about your job?
Helping people
6) What do you like least about your job?
Managing personnel in the office
7) If you had the chance to make a change in your career, what would you do and why?
I'm very content doing what I do, although I might have chosen to work a little closer to a population center where money for services was not so much of an issue as it is in my rural area. Maybe.

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