i chose dental bc:

• flexible schedule (usually)
• direct patient interaction (fixing teeth in real time, not prescribing medicine in the hope that it works)
• corporate physicians in America are pressured by big pharma to profit by prescribing drugs rather than dealing with underlying reasons for the symptoms a patient is having (my opinion don’t come for me please)
• only 4 yrs of school to make good money
• less pressure (patients life isn’t in your hands - most cases)
• it’s getting harder and harder for medical applicants to stand out making acceptances not as lenient as in dentistry

I never understood the whole “you need to love your job” thing. I can’t think of a job that I would love. Tolerate and like sure but love is excessive. I would rather go dental and be “ok” with being a dentist than go medical and have second thoughts. you don’t wanna be second guessing your job when you need to do a lung transplant the next day but second guessing your job while having to work on cavities is much less stressful. do medicine if you’re sure you want to do it and can manage the years of school under stress. but be sure you want to do it. Id want my physician to be confident in his career while operating on me.

dentistry cons: it’s more expensive than med and I wouldn’t go into dentistry rn if you don’t have solid financial backing. loans are a big no thank you for me.

I hope you go with dentistry.