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Dentistry
Oral health: precise hands-on treatment, surgery and prevention.
Who it suits
RIS
- Builder: hands-on, tools, machines, outdoors
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Helper: teaching, caring, supporting people
Students here tend to be a bit more organised than average.
Builds on
Biology ●●●Chemistry ●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security · Helping people · Independence
Where it leads
Dentist · Orthodontist · Oral surgeon · Dental hygienist
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$56,650
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
310 programmes tracked
🇺🇸 United States 125🇦🇺 Australia 65🇩🇪 Germany 57🇫🇷 France 32🇫🇮 Finland 17🇨🇭 Switzerland 8🇦🇹 Austria 6
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