Dosmay:
150k+

holuwajobar:
m guy, u jez guess abi

Scholar212:
He is right. Dental officer is on same salary scale as a medical officer which is the CONMESS salary scale for civil service. Intern medical and dental officer should be within 160-200k depends on hospital.. But private practice will be a little bit lower as expected.

stewatt:
So why is this on the FP.. Nairaland starting to deteriorate

Dosmay:
150k+

Benjom:
180k

Acidosis:
This is one of those questions I hate to see online.


People should know that there isn't any standard salary structure out there. Even in the civil service, some states pay good salary, others pay low salary, some even owe 8-10 months salary.


Ask 100 graduate dentist and you'd discover that they all earn different salaries. Some will earn good salary because their employers know how much it cost to rent an apartment in the city; those who earn low salaries may actually have huge and fat bank account because some live in staff quarters, enjoy company buses and spend absolutely nothing on food, rent and transportation. Some companies even fund health bill, study leave and school fees for 1 or 2 children.

These questions are irrelevant. There's no single and all encompassing salary structure for any profession or trade in Nigeria.

Just aim high in whatever you love to do, strive and be steadfast. If your aim is the money, then start thinking about how to own a dental clinic after a few year practice.

Nobody will pay you more than you can offer. That's the secret.

JustinSlayer69:
Don't know the starting salary

But because DENTISTRY is a highly specialised field, it's very lucrative.

I extracted an impacted wisdom and a molar, just 2 teeth for 95000 last week.

Thank God i didn't have to remove it in the US, I learnt it would have cost over 300,000Naira

Goodluck with the smelly teeth,blood and crying adults. Fortune / comforts await in dentistry.

You would just have to eventually build up a private practice as any other Dr. to rake in the big bucks

Acidosis:
This is one of those questions I hate to see online.


People should know that there isn't any standard salary structure out there. Even in the civil service, some states pay good salary, others pay low salary, some even owe 8-10 months salary.


Ask 100 graduate dentist and you'd discover that they all earn different salaries. Some will earn good salary because their employers know how much it cost to rent an apartment in the city; those who earn low salaries may actually have huge and fat bank account because some live in staff quarters, enjoy company buses and spend absolutely nothing on food, rent and transportation. Some companies even fund health bill, study leave and school fees for 1 or 2 children.

These questions are irrelevant. There's no single and all encompassing salary structure for any profession or trade in Nigeria.

Just aim high in whatever you love to do, strive and be steadfast. If your aim is the money, then start thinking about how to own a dental clinic after a few year practice.

Nobody will pay you more than you can offer. That's the secret.

Clone2020:


After all those years of school? That's less than half of what dentists charge for a root canal in the US. You have dentists making over $250,000 a year in the US. Now I see why our brightest flee the country.