Orthodontist

Duties and responsibilities:

     An orthodonist is someone who works with the mouth, more specifically the teeth. They help straighten and fix bites and there job is to find problems about how the teeth are position. Orthodonists might recommend braces, retainers, and space maintainers. Your job is to come up with a treatment plan, you might supervise and instruct. 

Salary:

     The average annual pay for an orthodonist is $201,030 since 2014.

Education:

     In order to become an orthodinist you must acquire all educational requirements. A DDS or DDM, a bachelors degree, clinical training, 2-3 years orthodonist training programs, state license, and pass clinical exams.

Demand or Need:

     Being an orthodonsist come with skills you must have. Skills that are needed are written and veral communication, detail oriented, stamina, patient, and organized.

Reflection: do you think you would like to be one? Why? why not?

     The career pathway of an orthodontist seems like an interesting career. However, the teeth is something that I would like to be working on or focus on. I would rather be doing something else that I would enjoy doing. Although, the pay is a good amount but the job itself is not something that cathced my attention. So, no I would not like to become one.