I want to be a dentist and was wondering how many different people I would have to hire e.g. receptionists

Question

hygienists, assistants ect. also if you know how much they make yearly and what schooling I need to get in order to become a dentist. Thanks

Answer 1

a lot  

Answer 2

My Dentist office has two hygenists, two dentists,3 office girls, and one office manager.

Dental hygienists- earned a median annual salary of $64,740 and median hourly wages of $31.12 in May 2007

dental assistants-Median hourly earnings for  were $13.62 in 2007. Median annual wages were $31,550 (U.S.).

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