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The high price of dental school may be overwhelming dental school seniors and discouraging future students to pursue careers in the dentistry field. Higher educational debt is leading more students into private practices. This article highlights the impact of expensive dental school choices and its effect on the future career paths of dental students across the nation.
Authors examine the association between dental school debt and career choices in the article, "Educational Debt and Intended Employment Choice Among Dental School Seniors." Research revealed that dental graduates with high educational debt are more likely to pursue private practice, but noted that debt didn't play as big a role as originally thought. Instead, the characteristics of the new dentist - such as sex, race and whether a parent is a dentist - plays a larger role in whether a recent graduate chooses to work in private practice, public health, or teaching, research or administration.
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