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First off, thank you for your support! I honestly make these videos for fun, and it really is nice whenever I hear back from dental students and dentists. Best of luck during your dental school journey, and I hope you learn and experience a lot of great things at training!

That's awesome to hear! Best wishes for your new journey!

If I applied as a R.D.H. can I still grow as becoming a dentist in the army .Even though I have an associate or a bachelors is better .

So glad it helped!

No problem! Yah definitely beats having all those school loans with 4 years of active duty service. Hope it helped :)

Plus free housing (officer housing is generally pretty great) medical/dental care, and 30 days paid vacation every year 🤩

Haha hiiii!! 👋👋 hope clinic is going well. Miss ya guys

Thanks for watching! Yeah I understand. I didn't have summer breaks and opted for school orders too. It won't negatively impact your placement. It just depends on where they need new LTs to go, so you're good!

Hi Dawn! Yes of course you can. You pretty much have a normal life and can rent/buy wherever or whatever with whoever you want :)

Hi Dylana! That is very admirable that you want to help your parents. It is difficult for me to suggest what to do for your own future though. To put it in perspective though, you need to go to college to take your pre-requisite science courses to even apply to dental school. So if you delay that, it might take more time to get started on your dental school journey. I know the military can offer ways to help you financially with college too, but you'll obviously need to go through boot camp, training, for them to help cover those expenses. You'll have to serve in the military active duty. Lots to think about, but I'd reach out to a military recruiter to get more info on that as well. Best of luck with all your future endeavors!

Not quite, you apply to the scholarship as you're applying to dental school. If you get accepted to the scholarship there is not really a difference between you and a regular student until you graduate. After that you'll go to ODS which is 5 weeks. Then you have a few more options of where you go.

The comment below from James pretty much answers the question! Like he mentioned, if you're interested in the HPSP track (which is what I did), you'd apply to HPSP and dental school at the same time.

@@harrrMONICA Hey! I'm a Navy D1 and I'm trying to start an HPSP club to compile info on post doctorate pathways for future students.This video is great! Thank you for explaining something that's hard to find personal takes on. I was wondering if you had a chance to know where your credentialing tour would be before you decided between doing that, gpr, or aegd? It seems like if I want to do general my best bet is to get a good credentialing tour but if I'm to get a less optimal one I'd be better suited doing a residency, if I understand what you said correctly. Also since I imagine you're deeper into your contract now; relatively how often would you say Navy dentists have to relocate?

@@occlusal_trauma Hi! Thanks for the support. That’s great that you’re starting up a club. To answer your questions - Unfortunately it is a gamble on which credentialing tour/residency you’ll be placed in. There should honestly be a more transparent method on choosing but it’ll just depend on availability, so you will just have to make your decision based on whether or not you want to pursue a residency. As far as relocation times, it is generally every 2-3 years, depending on the billet/location, but that’s an average time. Hope this helps! Best of luck with everything.

Hello! We only had 1 optometrist in our whole ODS class. I believe at least up to the point of ODS, it will be very similar. I'm not sure how it is after that though. Typically, detailers should reach out by 1 year. However, I don't think I found out I the location of my first duty station until 3 (?) months.

Thanks for watching! It's kind of like a "normal schedule." At least at my old clinic, it was from 0700 - 1600ish M-F. Work/life balance is great!

@@harrrMONICA I was a Marine stationed in North Carolina and dentists at the Naval health clinic didn’t even work Fridays - we assumed they all played golf instead 😅

@@flanagamer Haha what! I need to transfer to there hahah

Dental school is four years and you can't earn your DMD/DDS through online class. With the exception of the situation due to the pandemic, there are some programs that may implement a partial online/in-person lectures. When you get accepted to dental school, you attend as a normal dental student. You won't really do anything military affiliated unless you choose to go to ODS during a long break. Majority of dentists went to ODS after they graduated school. Hope this clarifies.

There are both. It just depends on the individual, but most of the techs/assistants I've encountered have been positive experiences.

It really depends. Some commands have taskers for short TADs or deployments. Sometimes you can get tasked with short notice. Unfortunately, you don't know until it happens.

Yes. It depends on what kind of collaterals/duties you pick up. However, as you climb up the ranks, it is pretty expected to start taking on more administrative/department head/leadership roles which involve admin work. It's definitely a balance, and you do work with chiefs and leading petty officers in clinics to help with this. A huge team effort!

@@harrrMONICA Thank you for the reply. I'm also a military dentist here in the Philippines. It's a little different here though, they hire you after graduating and after passing the boards. We do not have the same program wherein they pay for your school tuition and other fees. It would be nice if we were given the same opportunity. Anyway good luck and thank you for sharing your experiences ❤

@@JayAnnDMD Oh wow - That's amazing to connect with other dentists around the world. I'm sure it is a rewarding experience serving for your country. We have many service men and women that are also Filipino-Americans. Thank you for your support for my channel! :)

You want to apply for the scholarship at the same time you apply for dental school so that once you're ready to start dental school, you'll already have the scholarship.

@@harrrMONICA thank you

No, it shouldn't as long as it doesn't affect you medically.

Thank you for your service. And yes, you serve our country, and our country will take care of you! That's one great thing - money isn't an issue so we as dentists, try to just focus on providing good care to all our patients. It's a wonderful field. We'd love to have you (:

Thank you for watching! This honestly depends on location/number of dependents/specialty licenses/years served. Some cities (i.e. San Diego) have much higher living expenses compared to other cities. You'll get a higher BAH (basic allowance for housing) in larger cities like this. As of right now, once you earn your DMD/DDS licensure, you get a $20,000 bonus/year (taxed). Some states do not tax on income (i.e Florida). There are a lot of factors that come into play, but here is a generalized calculator: militarybenefits.info/military-pay-calculator/

I was in San Diego!

@@harrrMONICA I am headed to San Diego for my credentialing tour when I graduate this May! I would love to be able to talk with you!

@@spencer7637 email me! Harrrmonica@gmail.com

In my case, not particularly. But if you do take on the Navy HPSP, you can't eliminate the fact that sometimes you can deploy on a ship or even overseas.

Yes, of course! You won't have to worry about this at all.

USA!

You'll make it happen!

You can have pets

It is 4 years. Out in private practice, salary is much higher. However, it has definitely been peace of mind not being $500,000 in debt after graduating dental school. There are lots of other benefits past the money though.