Comments on: Dentist Makes $13k (at least) http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/ All about Income, Jobs, Career, and Investment in Singapore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Why? http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-13116 Why? Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:32:55 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-13116 Can somebody please tell me why singaporean health insurers don't cover dental costs like in other first world countries??? Can somebody please tell me why singaporean health insurers don’t cover dental costs like in other first world countries???

]]> By: Alyn http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-13113 Alyn Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:44:42 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-13113 Lately there have been much talk about dental fees being exorbitant. The work of dentist is considered small and of little value, not appreciated by public and patients. Dentists should not charge low fees. For the kind of risk they face in treating patients, dentists like other health professioanls like doctors, nurses should be better compensated. For the risk of being infected by HIV, HepB etc in the course of their work, denstist and other healthcare workers should not charge low fees. In addition, it is also costly to run a dental clinic--the replacement cost of the equipment and cost of dental materials are ever increasing, and besides the time & effort required for infection control. Dentists should not have any guilt feelings if they have to charge high fees to compensate themselves for the risk in their jobs and to defray the high clinic overheads and replacement cost. Lately there have been much talk about dental fees being exorbitant. The work of dentist is considered small and of little value, not appreciated by public and patients.

Dentists should not charge low fees. For the kind of risk they face in treating patients, dentists like other health professioanls like doctors, nurses should be better compensated. For the risk of being infected by HIV, HepB etc in the course of their work, denstist and other healthcare workers should not charge low fees. In addition, it is also costly to run a dental clinic–the replacement cost of the equipment and cost of dental materials are ever increasing, and besides the time & effort required for infection control. Dentists should not have any guilt feelings if they have to charge high fees to compensate themselves for the risk in their jobs and to defray the high clinic overheads and replacement cost.

]]> By: kim http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-10778 kim Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:04:37 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-10778 dentist in au don't waste your time in singapore if you are money hungry. option one- go and sign up with a locum agency or western australia health and get a locum job where a full time locum dentist can easily make more than A$350-500 k per year. option 2 - go and set up a dental surgery in mining towns like Pilbara or Mount Isa, and see your returns in 2 years. your cash register will ring so loudly that you will need ear muffs ;) dentist in au
don’t waste your time in singapore if you are money hungry.
option one- go and sign up with a locum agency or western australia health and get a locum job where a full time locum dentist can easily make more than A$350-500 k per year.

option 2 – go and set up a dental surgery in mining towns like Pilbara or Mount Isa, and see your returns in 2 years. your cash register will ring so loudly that you will need ear muffs ;)

]]> By: Dentist in Aus http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-10764 Dentist in Aus Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:33:42 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-10764 Hi, I am a dentist with 2 years of experience from Australia thinking of moving to Singapore for a few years. What is the income system for dentists in Singapore? Is it fixed salary based and how much is the salary? Or, Is it commission based and how much is the commission, and what is the expected net per month ? Thank you. Hi,
I am a dentist with 2 years of experience from Australia thinking of moving to Singapore for a few years. What is the income system for dentists in Singapore?
Is it fixed salary based and how much is the salary?
Or, Is it commission based and how much is the commission, and what is the expected net per month ?

Thank you.

]]> By: Dr B http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-7803 Dr B Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:24:43 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-7803 Thank you, Dr. Dent. I agree with you. What 18.dentist.royale is saying is misleading. To anyone out there, it is very important that you do not do dentistry for the money. When I was in university, I bumped into a medical student and when she found out I was a dental student, she made it a point that she was going to make more money than me. At that moment, I felt sad for every patient she will ever have. You will never be rich just being a dentist, but damnit you will be comfortable. I had a classmate that gave up 12 years as a commodities broker to be a dentist. He laughed when he heard the medical student's comments. To put things in perspective, a broker could make in a day what a doctor could make in a year. Why did he give that up? To have, for once, a decent night's sleep. My advise to anyone reading, do something that you get excited about. If you have passion, you will succeed. Money will follow sooner or later. If money is your number one goal, then please don't do dentistry or medicine. You will be disappointed and you will be a liability to your patients. Some talk about how being a dentist must be horrible. All that dentist.royale says isn't wrong but every job has its challenges. To say dentistry is too hard or too easy is a disrespect to all the careers out there. Thank goodness money isn't the number one concern for everyone. If so, we will have 6 billion bankers! Thank you, Dr. Dent. I agree with you.
What 18.dentist.royale is saying is misleading.
To anyone out there, it is very important that you do not do dentistry for the money.
When I was in university, I bumped into a medical student and when she found out I was a dental student, she made it a point that she was going to make more money than me. At that moment, I felt sad for every patient she will ever have.
You will never be rich just being a dentist, but damnit you will be comfortable.
I had a classmate that gave up 12 years as a commodities broker to be a dentist. He laughed when he heard the medical student’s comments. To put things in perspective, a broker could make in a day what a doctor could make in a year.
Why did he give that up? To have, for once, a decent night’s sleep.
My advise to anyone reading, do something that you get excited about. If you have passion, you will succeed. Money will follow sooner or later. If money is your number one goal, then please don’t do dentistry or medicine. You will be disappointed and you will be a liability to your patients.
Some talk about how being a dentist must be horrible. All that dentist.royale says isn’t wrong but every job has its challenges. To say dentistry is too hard or too easy is a disrespect to all the careers out there.
Thank goodness money isn’t the number one concern for everyone. If so, we will have 6 billion bankers!

]]> By: Dr. Dent http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-7317 Dr. Dent Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-7317 Dear 18. dentist.royale, I've never seen such misleading ill informed BULLSH.. and you actually claim to be a dentist? What a disgrace. Let me tell you, the dentists you are talking about are a 1% minority, the average dentist anywhere in the world will NOT make millions. He or she is well paid but believe me, it's hard earned money! You will find that out once you start doing some honest decent work instead of posting some immature nonsense. Get real and start thinking what a good dentist is about, if you're just in it for the money, better look elsewhere where it's easier made because you will not be happy. How much a dentist earns can vary extremely, depending on where he works, how he works and how much he works. The statistics you can find are pretty accurate and I think it's YOU my friend that hasn't got a clue what he's talking about. Have you actually graduated yet ? Get a life... Dear 18. dentist.royale,
I’ve never seen such misleading ill informed BULLSH.. and you actually claim to be a dentist? What a disgrace. Let me tell you, the dentists you are talking about are a 1% minority, the average dentist anywhere in the world will NOT make millions. He or she is well paid but believe me, it’s hard earned money! You will find that out once you start doing some honest decent work instead of posting some immature nonsense. Get real and start thinking what a good dentist is about, if you’re just in it for the money, better look elsewhere where it’s easier made because you will not be happy. How much a dentist earns can vary extremely, depending on where he works, how he works and how much he works. The statistics you can find are pretty accurate and I think it’s YOU my friend that hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about. Have you actually graduated yet ? Get a life…

]]> By: kix http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3189 kix Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3189 hi, im a dentist in the philippines. and im planning to apply for any dental job in singapore. and also study... can anyone give me some pointers, what are the advantage and disadvantage.. working in singapore? hi, im a dentist in the philippines. and im planning to apply for any dental job in singapore. and also study… can anyone give me some pointers, what are the advantage and disadvantage.. working in singapore?

]]> By: Dr Natalia Burak http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3116 Dr Natalia Burak Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:20:44 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3116 Hi there, I am a dentist. I haven't had an elaborate lifestyle or made millions. I have a sensible approach to my work- not making people choose elaborate expensive treatments when they can have other options. Sure this is in conflict with the way alot of dentists practice, but I have always been honest and upfront with my patients. You know when we do charge high fees, we work hard for that income. We have expenses that need to be looked after: staff, materials, professional indemnity, registrations and ongoing/updated training or courses. It is stressful, and requires meticulous concentration and attention to detail. I gave up alot of my life making personal decisions to devote time to studying and practicing dentistry- people should be realistic about what they pay a dentist to do. Most importantly, we like it if someone can appreciate what we do. Hi there, I am a dentist. I haven’t had an elaborate lifestyle or made millions. I have a sensible approach to my work- not making people choose elaborate expensive treatments when they can have other options. Sure this is in conflict with the way alot of dentists practice, but I have always been honest and upfront with my patients. You know when we do charge high fees, we work hard for that income. We have expenses that need to be looked after: staff, materials, professional indemnity, registrations and ongoing/updated training or courses. It is stressful, and requires meticulous concentration and attention to detail. I gave up alot of my life making personal decisions to devote time to studying and practicing dentistry- people should be realistic about what they pay a dentist to do. Most importantly, we like it if someone can appreciate what we do.

]]> By: dentist.royale http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3108 dentist.royale Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:56:40 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-3108 lol!! all these sites giving average pay scales and mentioning stories of dentist earnings are crap. I am a dentist and quite a junior one, I can tell u that my boss easily make in excess of AUD 1.2 million net. his gross is beyond imagination. And he is neither the best nor the richest dentist, there are guys we meet in conferences who fly in in their private planes to be at the conference, this how rich a dentist can get. But only if you have your own practice, if u don't have your own but work on a job you can make upto half a million depending on where u get a job but 5 years after graduation AUD 300,000 pa is quite common. We make more money than cardiosurgeons.but don't tell anyone shhhhhh!! If u are a specialist like an oral surgeon u can charge anything at all, virtually I know a guy who charges AUD 600 per hour nd he tells of people in his association who work all over the world and charge in excess of USD 1500 per hour. Dentistry is a rapidly growing industry, theres more research into it than medicine. 54 % of dentist work 4 days a week only, almost all dentists work at their chosen hours, there are so many exclusive dentist flying clubs, they re so filthy rich. But you have to be a businessman more than a dentist, extremely good people skills cos if u make a mistake u have to have the patient's confidence or ull end up in jail or at least lose ur licence. U also need people skill to keep ur practice growing, theres a lot of competition. U have to keep studying hard all your life, the more the letters behind ur name the more patients you will get. And these letters like FRACDS, FRACS, FRCS, MDS, DDS etc etc are the only way people can know about ur capabilities , u have to be good at school since kindergarten not one bad year, u have to keep reading ur basic books again and again cos every year there are so many changes just like the microchip doubles in power every 18 months. If u do not keep up ur out. Suicide rate is the highest among dentists, family life can suffer if u get too carried away with money, cos it comes calling to ur doorstep, its upto you to send it away, most dentists hear so many complaints and unhappiness expressed by their patients that they are fed up. Usually people are unhappy because they feel the cost is too high compared to the job, so they keep whining. They don understand that to be a dentist requires lots of skill, hard work, leadership, management, right attitude, discipline, study, investment, personal sacrifices. A dentist is essentially a surgeon, no dental disease can be treated by meds alone, u have to perform a procedure and you have to have precision of millimeters in each of those multiple procedures,you have to use expensive equipment which wears rapidly, unlike a phsysician'c clinic a dentist has to maintain hospital-like stringent infection control using expensive equipment and disposable barriers, sterilisse the equipment, keep stock, maintain calender of events, oversee each sterilisation cycle, use tracking systems, keep upgrading as and when law changes (which is every year) It is a tough, stressful job but those who love it like me and are ready to deal with its stresses can have a nice life, earn a lot of money and be happy. lol!! all these sites giving average pay scales and mentioning stories of dentist earnings are crap. I am a dentist and quite a junior one, I can tell u that my boss easily make in excess of AUD 1.2 million net. his gross is beyond imagination. And he is neither the best nor the richest dentist, there are guys we meet in conferences who fly in in their private planes to be at the conference, this how rich a dentist can get. But only if you have your own practice, if u don’t have your own but work on a job you can make upto half a million depending on where u get a job but 5 years after graduation AUD 300,000 pa is quite common. We make more money than cardiosurgeons.but don’t tell anyone shhhhhh!!
If u are a specialist like an oral surgeon u can charge anything at all, virtually I know a guy who charges AUD 600 per hour nd he tells of people in his association who work all over the world and charge in excess of USD 1500 per hour. Dentistry is a rapidly growing industry, theres more research into it than medicine. 54 % of dentist work 4 days a week only, almost all dentists work at their chosen hours, there are so many exclusive dentist flying clubs, they re so filthy rich.

But you have to be a businessman more than a dentist, extremely good people skills cos if u make a mistake u have to have the patient’s confidence or ull end up in jail or at least lose ur licence. U also need people skill to keep ur practice growing, theres a lot of competition. U have to keep studying hard all your life, the more the letters behind ur name the more patients you will get. And these letters like FRACDS, FRACS, FRCS, MDS, DDS etc etc are the only way people can know about ur capabilities , u have to be good at school since kindergarten not one bad year, u have to keep reading ur basic books again and again cos every year there are so many changes just like the microchip doubles in power every 18 months. If u do not keep up ur out.
Suicide rate is the highest among dentists, family life can suffer if u get too carried away with money, cos it comes calling to ur doorstep, its upto you to send it away, most dentists hear so many complaints and unhappiness expressed by their patients that they are fed up. Usually people are unhappy because they feel the cost is too high compared to the job, so they keep whining. They don understand that to be a dentist requires lots of skill, hard work, leadership, management, right attitude, discipline, study, investment, personal sacrifices. A dentist is essentially a surgeon, no dental disease can be treated by meds alone, u have to perform a procedure and you have to have precision of millimeters in each of those multiple procedures,you have to use expensive equipment which wears rapidly, unlike a phsysician’c clinic a dentist has to maintain hospital-like stringent infection control using expensive equipment and disposable barriers, sterilisse the equipment, keep stock, maintain calender of events, oversee each sterilisation cycle, use tracking systems, keep upgrading as and when law changes (which is every year) It is a tough, stressful job but those who love it like me and are ready to deal with its stresses can have a nice life, earn a lot of money and be happy.

]]> By: Passerby http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-2628 Passerby Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:56:27 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2008/dentist-makes-13k-at-least/#comment-2628 Thanks. :) Thanks. :)

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