The profession of dentistry provides an opportunity to a person to practice challenges and a chance of serving his/her society; additionally this profession is also recognized as a respected one within any community. Person desire to opt this profession must have qualities such as he must love his/her patients, must have positive mind that always think about the welfare of his/her society and also good manual dexterity.

As we all know that what importance dental and oral health has. A person who enjoying good dental health means, a person who is free from eat and talking pain, embarrassment or discomfort of hearing from someone about his/her bad smile. Dentists are specialized in the field of diagnosing any type of dental disease and also resolving that problem with the help of some appropriate dental treatment. To perform all these treatments and diagnosis good social and clinical skills are required. Most of the person after completing the dental education starts their own practice by opening a dental clinic, some become lectures and starts teaching in dental schools, and some starts their practice by joining hospitals. In case of practice a dentist have to manage a team which includes receptionists, hygienists and nurses, for this dentist must also have management skills. 

In you UK you will find about 14 dental schools all of them are situated in a main city of this country. You can take admission the bachelor degree (BChD or BDS) after completing five year course of dentistry. In the course of dentistry you will be provided with excellent academic and theoretical knowledge and also sound practical training in order to make you an expert that can easily cover all the aspects regarding dental treatments. The course of dentistry includes biochemistry, anatomy, behavioral science, pathology, physiology and dental material science. Additionally as other medical courses it also provides discipline regarding field and clinical skills. You can only be eligible to participate in the dental course if you have high percentages in previous education. But it varies from school to school so you can join school which is according to your precious education level. Some dental school will accept students after making them study dental education before joining the actual course called “Pre-Dental” to make them familiarize with the subjects of science.

Once a person gets this knowledge, he/she will be considered a valid candidate and can be able to continue to study courses of dentistry. Once you get qualified you can be able to go for further dental field updates to rise in the field of dentistry. There are many areas of dentistry in which you can continue your practice after completing your qualification.

After the completion of graduation most of dentists prefer to work as general dental practitioners. Before going for it, all dentists have to take vocational training of one year is supervised by some professional dentists and also an approved one. After having this professional dental training, dentist join an existing recognized general practice as an associate, which is also called self employed dentist, and is responsible for the treatment done by him, but owner of this practice will be someone else. After some time most the dentists usually become owner to a practice themselves. As in other medical fields doctors form a solid and long relationship with their patients, in dentistry also have same opportunity and can provide a long term care services. An important point which must be in the mind of every dentist that formal career structure is yet formed for general dental practice, so update your knowledge and treatment practice as per requirement and interest and take it as necessary requirement of your filed in order to prove yourself as a good dentist.

Practice of hospital requires very high expertise because the treatment done there includes children dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics and restorative dentistry. As compared to the general dental practitioners the dentists of hospital have to visit patients much less time, whereas, their treatment are much complicated and patient are referred by general doctor or dental petitioner. Means to say the patients when patients fall in critical medical condition or having facial injuries or congenital abnormalities then they are suggested to consult hospital dentists.

The CDS (Community Dental Service) offers their services to the patients who are in special need. CDS especially take care of young children in need of special care and help. The aged and housebound persons and patients having some other diseases associated with them like physical or some mental disability are also their responsibility. Such type of dentist work is appreciable and also greatly rewarded; these dentists can carry out managerial, and also an important one research duty. The career structure and salaries of CDS’s are defined. 

Dentists who serve the armed forces enjoy a smooth and well defined career and they also have a commissioned rank. The dentists who join the armed force service can also avail financial scholarships for their dental studies. This is little guide for the persons who are planning to join some dental school and I hope this article will surely help them in selecting and planning their career.