1. My Dream Career: Orthodontist By Geneva DeMartino

2. What Do You Do?  Examines, diagnoses, and treats dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Designs and fabricates appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.

3. Skills Needed…  You need to be able to speak clearly to others so they can understand you.  Another skill to have is that you need to identify and understand the speech of a person.  You may be exposed to some some diseases and infections, so that’s why you must remember to wear gloves and safety tools.

4. Basic Skills…  Reading Comprehension – High  Active Listening – Medium  Writing – Medium  Speaking – Medium  Mathematics – Medium  Science – Medium  Critical Thinking – Medium  Active Learning – High  Learning Strategies – Medium  Monitoring – High

5. Interests and Values  You need to how to work with teeth.  You have to be cheerful for those who may be scared.  Another skill to have is to be able to work with someone and take control on your own sometimes.

6. Education Requirements  You have to earn a bachelor’s degree. Dental school usually lasts 4 years or more. You also need 2 years of college-level pre-dental education  After college you need to go to Dental school.  Dentists who want to teach or conduct research usually spend an additional two to five years in advanced dental training, in programs operated by dental schools or hospitals.

7. Money and Hours  The salary ranges around $91 hourly and the annual wage is around $189,920.  There’s regular working hours and limited travel.

8. My Back Up Career: General Practitioner By Geneva DeMartino

9. What Do You Do?  Diagnoses illnesses, and prescribes and administers treatment for people suffering from injury or disease.

10. Skills Needed…  Skills needed for this job is being able to speak clearly enough to be able to be understood by others.  Identifying and understanding the speech of another person.  Seeing clearly up close is another skill needed.

11. Basic Skills…  Reading Comprehension – High  Active Listening – High  Writing – Medium  Speaking- Medium  Mathematics – Medium  Science – Medium  Critical Thinking – High  Active Learning – High  Learning Strategies – High  Monitoring - High

12. Interests and Values  A person in this position should know the family history of a patient.  Must be good at collecting information and give solutions to their patient’s medical disease.  Being a General Practitioner also gives you the opportunity to deliver babies.

13. Education Requirements  You must take four years of undergraduate school, four years of medical school, and three to eight years of internship and residency.  To be licensed, physicians must graduate from an accredited medical school, pass a licensing examination, and complete one to seven years of graduate medical education.

14. Money and Hours  Irregular hours.  Overtime work.  Weekend work.  Average hourly salary wage is around 60$.  Average annual income is around $122,740.

15. In Conclusion…  I really want to be an Orthodontist but being a General Practitioner would work for me too.  I think I would do great doing either one of these jobs.