2007-02-19 14:17:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Orthodontists’ bills are paid directly by patients or their insurance companies. An orthodontist with an established practice can generate a great deal of money, but half or more of that money could go to pay for equipment, staff salaries, insurance, and other overhead costs.
Orthodontists who own their own practices must also pay their own their own health insurance, life insurance, and retirement benefits.
Even after these costs are taken into account, however, orthodontists have very good earnings. While precise figures are not available for Canadian orthodontists, most earn between $100,000 and $400,000 a year. However, remember that it takes many years of study to make it to this level of income, and many orthodontists have high levels of personal debt as a result.
2007-02-19 15:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I myself am an orthodontist of 24 years experiance working. After looking at salery.com's claims of $400,000 a year pay for an average dentist of my profession I thought I had to amend this misconception, as many answers on this site on the subject quote this incorrect pay. Using myself as an example, a fully trained orthodontist of the top level with 24 years experiance, working in an area such as the San Francisco Bay area with high demand and an average of 20 new patiants per week, with an average of $5,000 per patiant makes an income of around $5,100,000 before the 33.3% tax and large medical cover and insurance. After this the figure is just over $2,000,000 per year. It's that good.
2007-02-23 10:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orthodontist
2007-02-19 15:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Boomer B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It usually depends on the location [rural or urban] of the office and the number of patients, since they're the ones that bring in the income. An entry wage ortho. earns about $45,000 a year. Experienced orthos. earn around $146,000 plus. Again, it depends on the location and patient.
Perios. earn around $50,000 a year. Not as much as an ortho.
If you're considering having a career in any of these fields, choose which one interests you the most, not the one that has the highest salary.
2007-02-20 01:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by Heather <33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it depends on your location of your practice and the experience that you have.
Referrels are the real key to having success
2007-02-19 16:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anita G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE. ALSO THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT GIVEN. IF YOU DO SOMETHING GOOD, WORD GETS AROUND AND YOU GET MORE PATIENTS AND THEN MORE INCOME. FIRST LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND THEN YOU WILL SEE IT WILL PAY IN GOLD LATER
2007-02-22 21:27:48 · answer #6 · answered by LX 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋