Check for other diseases. Self-medicating with over-the-counter heartburn drugs can mask underlying health problems. Frequent burning or pain in the upper abdomen or chest can signal an ulcer or even esophageal cancer. Some people mistake pain from gallstones or heart disease for heartburn.
1 Dentists make about twice that of a dental hygienist. 2  I am going to college right now for dental hygiene in mass and i know i can expect to leave school with a starting salary of about 30-35 an hour. that averages out to be 63,700 a year. 3  So dentists average about 130,000 dollars a year or even more. Which State you practice in: Utah is flooded with dentists, so Dentists there do not make nearly as much as Dentists in most other states. 2  However, Dentists in Alaska can make over a million dollars per year. 3  How many other Dentists are in the area: the more Dentists, the less patients.
Canada[3]. A typical full-time annual salary for Dentist in Canada is of $120,000 â $180,000. According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Stratford / Bruce Peninsula, Ontario at $188.62 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $23.72 per hour.ccording to the ADA there are over 157,000 dentists in private practice earning an average net salary just over $180,000 per year as of 2011. Over half of all the dentists are self-employed or in a private practice setting. The US Bureau of Labor tracks 93,500 dentists as employed.