Great Lakes Dental Talks with SLHS Students about Dental Health Careers
Dr. Pollard from Great Lakes Dental and University of Iowa's dentistry student, Alyssa Siegrist, talked with SLHS students about careers within the dental health field today, including: dentists, laboratory technicians, dental hygienists and dental assistants.
There are many benefits of pursuing dental health careers, specifically dentistry. Dr. Pollard highlighted dentistry's great job outlook, no required residency, respectable salary (i.e. $80-100K) and flexible hours.
While majoring in pre-dentistry is an option for an undergraduate major, both Dr.Pollard and Alyssa discussed the ability to concentrate on something much different (e.g. Alyssa majored in nutrition/dietetics, Dr.Pollard's dentist son majored in Business Administration); however, many dentistry students choose to study a science related major, such as Biology or Physiology. Students have to attend four years of dentistry school once graduated with an undergraduate degree, totaling eight years of post-secondary education.
How do you know if dentistry is right for you? Dr. Pollard recommends taking as many science classes as possible and encourages student to job shadow!
For more information about dental health careers or setting up a job shadow with Dr. Pollard, please see me!
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