Also called: Team Dentist
Treats athletes' dental injuries and makes mouthguards.
A team dentist makes custom mouthguards, fixes a chipped tooth after a game, and sits on the bench at hockey or football games. Most also run a regular dental practice.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 8 years after high school. A bachelor's with pre-dental classes, then four years of dental school for a DDS or DMD and a state dental license; sports work comes later.
Ways in: Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Dentistry.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Treating dental injuries and fitting mouthguards needs a licensed human dentist.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Anatomy and physiology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1021.
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