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.

Dentist

                                      Dentist

Duties and Responsibilities:

         Dentist specialized in oral health. Their responsibilities are to diagnose oral health,promote oral health, disease preventions, and restorative care problems that affect their patient’s mouths and teeth's. They can also remove tooth decay, fill in cavities, and repair teeth and gum diseases.

Salary: 128,784-168,621

Education:

         Dentist’s need a bachelor’s degree prior to admission to dental school and doctoral degree in dental medicine or dental surgery. Some dental specializations require a completion of a residency. You will also need a licensing for all states.

Demand for this profession:

          To be a dentist you will need to have good judgement, organization, critical thinking skills, professionalism, networking skills, and lastly negotiation skills.

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be this. Why? Why not?

     Yes i would like to be one because this is actually what I am looking forward to become. I want to become a dentist because ever since i was little I liked to have my teeth cleans. So that’s why I want to be one and make others smile.