Dentists can most definitely make far more than that in a career. I have 2 brothers that are dentists. One of them had a practice in Hattiesburg, MS (about 47,0

Dentists can most definitely make far more than that in a career. I have 2 brothers that are dentists. One of them had a practice in Hattiesburg, MS (about 47,000 people) and in the city of Bay Springs, MS (about 2,000 people) and he was making anywhere from $600,000/year on the low end, to $1m on the best years. Before he got divorced and moved to Florida, anyways, and the glut of dentists there has him making around $250,000/year max so far (lived there about 4-5 years now.) He's planning to retire when he is 50 and he's 44 now. He got his pilots license in the last few years and now flies between his practices in Florida and owns his own plane (just a small little Beechcraft Bonanza.) But either way, he's made great money in his lifetime through dentistry. Unfortunately my other brother that is a dentist I don't talk to that much so I have no idea of his earnings, but I know he also does very well.