GP vs Dentist

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Allthewayhome

There's not much difference anymore.

7 years from start till free flying Dentist. 5 undergrad & 2 VT

Not that it really means anything because I still think it is more of a matter of what the OP is more suited to and will enjoy. But it is extremely like (if not cirtain I haven't been keeping completely up to date with these things lately) that GP training is going to eventually become a 5 year thing (after medicine school and foundation years) and probably will be by the time they finish.

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Huw Davies

On whether choosing the right candidates is a question of patient safety: worth noting that in the Irish system there are no interviews and no concern to personal qualities, with selection based on grades only.

Reply 42

woozeybear

Huw Davies

There's interviews for Queens in Belfast now..they didn't use to though..(this is for Dentistry)

Reply 43

SahilB91

Dentistry gets you money, power but no repsect wheeeeeeeeeeey :smile:

Reply 44

Allthewayhome

randdom

Yeah, fully agree with what you're saying but I was just stating that picking one due course length is stupid because they are practically equivalent.

So out of all the stupid reasons to do something this one is the most stupid. :p:

Reply 45

Allthewayhome

LetoKynes

I have the impression that this applies more to medicine (not sure about dentistry) than many other things.. :ninja:

I know Doctors, in and out the family, and some are all about medicine and some aren't.

It doesn't mean that the ones that don't make it everything they do are not good enough or not interested compared to the others - it's just that they like other things, are better at making time for their other interests.

They still have game.

Reply 46

Krinkles

Allthewayhome

How could you say they have boring lives?

You might not find their work interesting but that doesn't mean it isn't.
Secondly, since when does someones job equal their full life.

Some of us have hobbies and other *****.

lol firstly I never meant their life was completely their job mate. and yes personally I do find that line of work rather boring; but I never said everyone would feel the same. :cool:

Reply 47

drAyaan

SahilB91

Dentistry gets you money, power but no repsect wheeeeeeeeeeey :smile:

who cares!

Reply 48

drAyaan

Allthewayhome

There's not much difference anymore.

7 years from start till free flying Dentist. 5 undergrad & 2 VT

What! Is vt now 2 years?

Reply 49

Allthewayhome

drAyaan

What! Is vt now 2 years?

Yeah, im afraid it looks like its going that way.

I've been told that by the time I graduate Scotland will have rolled it through.

Reply 50

snoopydoops

whay ever you do, dont base your decision off of house :wink:

Reply 51

Beska

Original post by snoopydoops

whay ever you do, dont base your decision off of house :wink:

You bumped this year-old thread for that brilliant nugget of insight?

Reply 52

No Future

I think I'd rather be a dentist than a GP.

No offence to GPs.

Reply 53

Ayshizzle

Original post by lemontea111

is relatively easy as dental schools are far less competitive than medical schools.

Wrong.

Reply 54

torchwood

dentistry!!!!!!! ....not that I'm biased :wink:

but seriously, you get to do similar stuff to gp (i.e. see your patients regularly, write prescriptions, refer patients...) but its also quite practical and you're classified as a surgeon :biggrin:

Reply 55

noobynoo

The best part of being a GP is that you get to stick your finger up people's bum holes to check if they have the ol' prostate problems.

Reply 56

Egypt

Original post by Ali Bomaye

Definitely dentistry!! As a GP all you do is sit there and see patient after patient and prescribe medicines. You are not actually involved in practically treating the conditions other than refering to other doctors. Dentistry however is a practical profession and is a form of surgery so if you would like to be more active and treat conditions straight away, and also have abit of a life outside of work then i strongly recommend dentistry.

Complete and utter nonsense.

Reply 57

Egypt

Original post by Lil' Flo

From experience (my mum is a dentist), being a dentist on the NHS is not a rosy affair. Fair enough if you are private practice, you could easily earn more than GPs, but if you're an NHS dentist, you'll work like a bitch for a crappy system - even worse if you work in a deprived area.
If you want it easy as a dentist, shy away from the NHS. But that's probably impossible, as you usually need a track record and experience from the performance list with the NHS before a private practice will take you on.
GPs have it relatively easy, all they have to do is sit and listen to patients (and some other minor stuff), stress free. Most of your patients are simple cases which you prescribe medicine or do check-ups, the rest you refer to specialists.
Good-luck in your future stress filled life.

Again complete nonsense.

Reply 58

Emma:-)

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Original post by zara1993x

I'm currently a girl in year 12
I want to have a career but I am family minded

Both GP and dentistry offer flexible working hours.
I've done work experience in both, I enjoyed my GP placement more but I think that was because in the dentist most of the time all I did was organising papers
so which do you guys think is better in the long run as a career

GP vs Dentistry

Id say GP

Reply 59

Egypt