To borrow a line from the Christmas Claymation classic Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

so you want to be a dentist. Let's begin by saying that as a dentist you've chosen an

amazing line of work with proven high success rates. Today we'll take a deeper look at the cost

and income projections, startup requirements, and considerations for your new

dental practice. We'll then explore the ups and downs of the business as we talk with Dr. Brent

Zastro, a dentist who uses a unique business model for his dental practice on this

business buffet ingredients episode.

We have all wondered what are the ups and downs of different types of businesses.

As business owners, we've even wondered if starting another business is the best option.

Business buffet ingredients is meant to give you a taste for what it takes to start and

successfully run a business. We'll reach out into the world of business and interview success

stories and present them on our smorgasbord of business helping options. Strap in and get

ready to taste the finer business points. Welcome to today's

business ingredients episode on starting a dental practice. I'm Phil Anderson, and unlike

some of our other ingredients episodes in the past or those that will come in the future, today

we will be talking about an industry that you will have already paid a hefty

price in both time and money to even be at the point of opening your new dental practice.

Now, most dentists obtain an undergraduate degree before completing a four-year dental program

and earning a doctoral degree in dental medicine or dental surgery.

While no specific undergraduate degree is required, and that's not easy for me to say,

undergraduate, undergraduate.

Students commonly take science courses in biology, anatomy, chemistry, and microbiology.

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