Orthodontist 5814 Hour 2 Madison Hanke Career Technology

Orthodontist � 5/8/14 � Hour 2 � Madison Hanke � Career Technology

What is an Orthodontist The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces. � Fact: You help people feel better about themselves by improving their teeth. � What got me interested in being an orthodontist is when I got my braces on. Everyone was so nice at my orthodontist and I love my teeth now and I love my orthodontist that fixed my teeth. I want to help fix peoples teeth so they can be happy and boost their confidence. � I will be researching salary, work hours, days off, collage requirements and vacations. �

Responsibilities of an Orthodontist � � � You will have to be good with people to be an orthodontist. Often orthodontic procedures will cause patients pain. Take off the treatment such as braces, and give the patients retainers. You might use x-rays or plaster molds of your patients' teeth. You might be in charge of supervising and instructing orthodontic technicians and assistants in performing routine procedures.

Working conditions An orthodontist is physical because your are physically working on the patient. � Orthodontists work indoors. � Usually work 30 -40 hours a week. Normally from 8: 30 am-5: 00 pm. � The environment is indoors and working on your feet most of the time. �

TQA To be an Orthodontist you need a doctors degree. � I'm planning on going to Michigan State for my educations. � I will take the dentil program at lake shore as a junior/senior to prepare me for this career in the future. �

Job outlook � The employment rate is most likely to increase/rise within the next 10 years. � An orthodontist is a competitive job. � I will be looking for job openings in the dentist office. � I desire to own my own orthodontist.

Salary My lifestyle goals are to go to collage, get married, and have children. � The average earnings of being an orthodontist is $127, 000 dollars per year. � Yes, this salary fits my goal because it is a great amount of money. � My first purchase with my earnings will be to buy a new house. �

Related Occupation � � � My back up career is to be a professional basketball player. There a lot of responsibilities such as conditioning and staying in shape. Active working conditions. Training is working out, practicing and going to the gym. I think this would be fun because I love playing basketball and being active. The earning would be around 15, 000. It depends on how good you are.

Summary My feelings are positive because I love helping people and it looks like a really fun job. One thing I look forward to the most in this career is to helping people have a beautiful smile. One thing I'm least looking forward to is sometimes I might hurt patients. I've learned a lot about being an orthodontist from this project. I've learned what the salary was and that sometimes this job could be complicated. Now that I've done this project I cant wait to go to collage and learn so many new things about this career.

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