Military Medical Career Pathways

Military Medical Career Pathways

Duties and Responsibilities:

   Endodontist specialize in treatment diseases and injuries to the tooth pulp and tissues surrounding the root. As an officer of the Army Dental Corps you are primarily responsible for the dental health of soldiers and their families. They do examines, diagnoses, perform root canal and treat various dental trauma.

Salary:

    Four year agreement can be up to 25,000

Education:

   They are required to have an doctorate from an American Dental Association, completion of an ADA, must be between the ages of 21 and 42 years old, be licensed to practice dentistry and must be a U.S. citizen.

Demand for this particular career:

   They need to have the ability to make accurate and immediate decisions, apply critical technical and thinking skills and be physically and mentally fit to perform under stress.

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to become one? Why? Why not?

   I think that I would like to be one because then I will also be helping out my country by making sure our soldiers don’t have any toothache. Another thing is that it is always important that the soldiers don’t have any damage tooths. Lastly  I will get to cure any disease they have.