Pediatric Dentistry.

I been reading this blog (http://cyberdentist.blogspot.com/) which I found to be really interesting. It is about pediatric dentistry. This is an specialty that takes 2 more years after dental school and in order to apply to any residency program you have to be between the 10-20 top percent of your class. I enjoy children a lot and I think being a dentist just for kids (children from birth to 21 years of age), the office has to be a fun place to be. Check out this video (http://www.viddler.com/explore/DeanBrandon/videos/30/) I can't believe they even have a video game waiting room! That is awesome.

I feel that's what I would love to do. Good thing we have some rotations during second and third year to get more exposure to this specialty, for now I just have to get good grades. It is good to know all the requirements before hand so I know there is no much room for messing around too much.

According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) there is one residency program here in Utah. The pediatric dental postgraduate program is at the primary Children's Medical Center here in Salt Lake city. I don't like the snow, but we have so much family here in Utah that I think it will be good for our children to be close to them. There is only one opening each year, so we'll see how it goes. There is no tuition for those 2 years but a stipend of $36000 the first year and $39000 the second year + comprehensive benefits (health insurance and acquired PTO time each year). After all that schooling this is how much a pediatric dentist make (read this). Of course that is not my first reason to try to go into this specialty, but it is good to know that all that hard work will eventually pay off.

Any way I'm just making this post so that if you want us to move back to Utah have me in your prayers that I might do well in dental school.

Here is a video for all of you to enjoy!