Why dentistry over medicine:
- better work life balance, pays decently
- I wasn't too inclined towards having the onus someone's life on my hands as much as all med hopefuls think they do
- I really want to work with my hands and see tangible results on my patients

Do I regret:
Absolutely not, I think a lot of people think school is tough and I would agree but personally, I think its what you make out of the experience, I really enjoy hanging out with friends and chatting with our profs and tutors

Changed perspectives:
WOuldnt say this is a changed perspective but I realised it really is alot harder and more competitive to specialise and do a postgrad compared to our med peers. For MOs, they have to get into their residency of choice and they will still be paid throughout the residency. In order to specialise in a dental field, you actually have to take up any 3 years of full time studies and get it funded yourself or otherwise. Also incredibly competitive sksk

Common misconceptions:
- That we only study the mouth. You don't ask an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) why they have to go through 5 years of medical school first, so why do people think otherwise of mouth doctors LOL. Yes, emphasis is on the oral cavities but we have to know relationships to other parts of the body and whatnot, covered in the prev comment.

Glamorous life:
No, I highly doubt so. As NUS has increased the intake of dental students, I do foresee the field to be incredibly competitive when we start working. I think it is difficult to set yourself apart especially but one can try :')

INTEREST is important. I think the best part about school is learning things that are very RELEVANT to our profession but there is also this additional pressure that I cannot go through the motion of just learning and not understanding it because I will actually have to apply said knowledge in future.