Should i become a Dental Hygienist or a Medical Lab Technologist?

The job market for medical technologist is much better than the job market for dental hygienist. You will be lucky if you can find a part time hygienist job working for 10 hours a week.

Money wise they both make same (that is if a dental hygienist could find a full time job) entry level jobs will start out $40,000-$50,000 a year and then with experience they both could be making $50,000-$70,000 a year. Your salary will definitely depend on the cost of living where you live though.

Its all up to you. You will have a very hard time finding a dental hygienist job. And i her being a medical technologist can get boring sometimes, But what job doesn't get boring every once in a while.

Well the choice is yours really, do you like teeth better or .... whatever a medical lab technologist deals with? BTW i dont think many male dental hygienists exsist. Its mostly females and the dentists are males. In the end its what you prefer. I wanted to become a dentist too, but i know there is no way i could make it into dental school. Good luck with your choice though!

Pick medical lab techonolgy! There are more jobs available and you can apply to hospitals and private labs. There are very few jobs as a hygienist AND most hygiene jobs are only part time with NO benefits (not even health insurance!). AND most hygienists are women. There are more male nurses than male hygienists in the work force. I don't know why but even personally I have NEVER had a man clean my teeth. That is because I have never seen a male hygienist in a private practice.

Many dentists won't hire males because they want all their hygienists to get along and some dentists are anti-male hygienists.

How about asking yourself this question, "What would I do for years and years to come and not have to get paid?" That is what Farrah Gray, young male multimillioniare and author of "Reallionaire", suggests asking oneself.

Both major require one to be strong in the sciences (biology, chemistry, microbiology, (general) anatomy & physiology).

For general career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search.

With regard to schooling, please avoid those private overly priced For-profit schools and instead consider the more affordable community college or state/public university as long as the program is accredited within the industry.