Also called: Oral Pathologist
Dental specialist who diagnoses diseases of the mouth and jaws by studying tissue samples.
Examines a biopsy of a strange white patch from a patient's tongue under the microscope to decide whether it's harmless or early cancer, then reports back to the dentist.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 11 years after high school. Dental degree, then a 3-year oral pathology residency.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Chemistry.
Growing about average. Tiny specialty with steady demand.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI pre-screens digitized biopsy slides; deciding whether a lesion is cancer stays specialist work in a tiny field.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1029.
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