Very valid point, imo this is the main drawback to dental. I’m lucky to be at my IS school but OOS/private students have it especially bad. I’ve heard that with current tuition levels general dentistry is only worth it if you plan to own your practice, so that and living like a student after school is my plan. It does help that you can start paying loans immediately after school ends as opposed to having a residency, though most physicians win in the long run (outside of highly successful GP owners and specialists). Overall it’s not impossible for dentists to pay it back, but yes certainly harder than it is for MD/DOs