Periodontist

Periodontist

Duties and Responsibilities: 

A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants. 

Salary:

 the average annual net income for a dentist in private practice was$192,680, while specialists such as periodontists earned an average of $305,820

Education:

PhD; Requires bachelors degree, 4 year dentistry program, and 3 year periodontist program.

Demand for this particular career:

The job growth in the number of demand for licensed and trained periodontists

 is estimated to rise by 15% or even a little bit more.

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Reflection:

Personally I would not like to major in this profession because it takes approximately 11 years to qualify for this profession. I feel this will be really competitive for something i have never thought in doing.