My specializationI chose pre-dentistry. I hope to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. This is one of the most competitive fields in dentistry today. With this I hope to join my father in his practice. There are many classes and degrees that a person must complete before they can become an oral surgeon. I think this would be a challenge. School will be tough, but the rewards will be endless in the end. After college an oral surgeon must attend dental school, then must attend a five-year residency for the period after. This is a great career and I think I could do it if I tried hard enough. An oral and maxiofacial surgeon is the person you would turn to to have your wisdom teeth extracted. That's not all they do, most of them are hospital staff, if not more. In the hospital they work mainly in the emergency room reconstructing faces of road accidents. Dr. Donald Lewis said, "As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, we are called to the emergency room for many types of emergencies. These emergencies can range from facial infections to gunshot wounds to the face and facial fractures." There is a lot of responsibility that is placed on an oral surgeon. If the gunshot wound is not removed, it could mean serious harm or even death for the patient. The classes a student will take are mostly science, mostly chemistry. I will have to study all the A-level chemistry, along with the biology. These are the main courses that I will have to take; there are some math and physics classes that are only in the 200's. Chemistry is necessary so you can understand what each prescription drug does and what reactions it has compared to other prescriptions. Biology is necessary to know what you are doing in the person. After completing 122 hours I will receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry. After graduation, I will need to attend dental school. It will take five years to complete. To graduate I will have to take a national and state written exam, after graduating from dentistry I will receive a Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS. I'm not done with dental school yet. From there I will have to enter a five-year residency program. Where I have to maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average... halfway through... you could start your own practice or start working for another doctor, so you can take over their practice when they retire. Once established, the oral surgeon can earn dollars that can run into the millions, if they are good enough. I think being a doctor, even more specifically an oral surgeon, is one of the most rewarding careers offered in the world today. The ability to care for people with the compassion typical of doctors is truly fascinating, considering what they have to go through to get there and what they have to endure once they get there. The stress they face is incredible. When they are in the emergency room they have to make critical decisions that could be life or death choices and they have to live with them. Then they have to worry about all the diseases they face in daily procedures. They also have to put up with patience who simply don't appreciate the care they receive. After all this, they need to go home and be able to leave their frustrations behind so as not to take them out on their family. I think I would be a good oral surgeon. It would be a challenge to become one and I feel it