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Why are professional schools so expensive?

Paul KC — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0800

Why are professional schools like medical and dental school so expensive? Do they charge so much because they can or do they charge so much because they must?

This won't hurt a bit!

spicynuts — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:44:06 -0800

Let's say I want to go to Dental School. At age 38. With no medical or dental background at all. Is this foolish? I'm thinking of drastically changing careers. Lately I've met a couple of dentists and every time I turn around I read or hear something about how dentistry has a great future and is recession proof, etc etc. One particular friend is a surgical dentist (I don't know the official word is..he does root canals and invasive stuff like that ) and from the way he talks about it - a degree of artistry, working with your hands, immediate, tangible results, good salary, possibility of being your own boss - I think it might be perfect for me. So, questions:

- what kind of bio/chem/anatomy background do I need for dental school?

- is coming out of dental school in my early 40s going to make it very difficult to get hired?

- how long is dental school?

- to the dentists out there, what does the business environment look like now and maybe on a 10 to 15 year horizon?

Thanks!

Help for a person interviewing to be a librarian at a dental school?

stonerose — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:52:55 -0800

My friend has an interview for a job as librarian at a dental school. His background is in the humanities. Can anybody clue him in about what resources are used in this field, and point him to books or websites that would help him to learn about dentistry? Are there any 'hot topics' in dentistry he should be aware of?