Interesting questions on where the money comes from.
Top web search says median dentist salary is $160k and median orthodontist pay is $210K.
First hit on dental school was UPenn and estimated cost over 4 years was $560K plus orthodontics might be 2-year residency after? This is on top of a normal 4-year undergrad degree.
As a private lender I would rather loan money for medical training than a whole lot of other undergrad degrees. I would think there would be a lot of interest in servicing that market. Student loan debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy as of late 2000’s as I recall.
No wonder the local dentist always wants to sell $29 fluoride rinses and all sorts of other dubiously priced ‘treatments’. |