Orthodontist

Orthodontist

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• A specialty within the dental profession, involves straightening teeth and correcting bites
• As an orthodontist, you are responsible for locating problems with the positioning of patients' teeth and with their oral development.
• You might use x-rays or plaster molds of your patients' teeth to do this. You will then use dental appliances, such as braces, retainers and space maintainers, to correct these problems for the purpose of providing better function, appearance and facial development. 

Salary: Median $130,835

Education:

• Undergraduate degree
•  Doctor of Dental Science degree via the completion of four years of study at an accredited dental school; orthodontics residency

Reflection: Being an orthodontist will be not only a challenging experience but also a interesting and yet appealing kind of job to perform. You hardly ever hear anyone wanting to become an orthodontic or anybody who like to help peoples confidence grow better by fixing their smiles. Orthodontics get paid a very fair amount of money annually and its enough to be able to financially stable. Being able to help fix smiles seems like a very nice and caring way to put when describing this job and I wouldn't mind being able to be one of those doctors. From my own experience I've met many orthodontics that are great with kids and know exactly what to say and do in order to make the not only the patient feel comfortable but for the parents as well.