title: To teach or not to teach: making the transition from dental practice to dental faculty.
abstract: The authors, with more than forty years of combined private practice experience, discuss professional satisfaction in the private practice setting. A change to an academic career may provide job satisfaction and revitalize a dental career, while simultaneously satisfying the need for faculty in our dental schools.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, USA. mdennis@dental.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ottenga
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D002321:Career Choice; D003657:Decision Making; D003740:Dental Clinics; D018865:Dental Research; D003815:Dentists; D005179:Faculty, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011364:Professional Practice; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000191:economics; D013335:Students, Dental; D013663:Teaching