I need help with picking the right course to take?

i'm at a community college and i need to pick my classes to take. i want to become an orthodontist. they offer only dental assistants and dental hygenist. which will gear me towards my field?

I need help with picking the right course to take?
You should get some help from a pre-health counselor for specifics. But for you to be an orthodontist, you have to go to dental school first. And before you go to dental school, you have to have a bachelor's degree or at least take the required classes.





I would recommend that you focus on classes that A) are general ed classes that will go towards transferring to a 4 year school and B) classes that are required to get into dental school (I would imagine things like calculus, chemistry, biology, etc. - ask your counselor!).





Dental assistant and dental hygeinist programs are geared towards getting people trained to work in those professions. They are not geared toward getting into dental school, and I would imagine much of the coursework is not transferrable to a 4 year college. If you want to work with teeth, but don't want to spend several years in school, or are better at hands-on classes than traditional academic subjects, this might be better for you than trying to be an orthodontist. However, neither program is the path to dental school.
Reply:A dental assistant is closest because you assist an orthodontist. The other cleans teeth, and I have never seen one in an orthodontists office.
Reply:well choose the course which the subjects are also affliated in the orthodontist dont waste time choosing a course which will be of no help in your future career..time is gold and gold is money