I'm studying to be a dentist.
Yeah? You'll be doing diagnosis, prevention and treatment of oral conditions? 
Yes, i think I may specialize in pediatric dentistry.
Ah cool! So you'll deal with children from birth through adolescence? 
That's right, I will school for eight years in total, so it may change but we'll see.
That's great! I hope you do well. Will you hire a support team to help you provide the oral health services?
yeah, I would like my own practice and will need several assistants, hygienists and front office staff.
Apparently in China the first people to do dentistry were barbers! 
that's sort of scary and fascinating
Yeah, there was a group called "Guild of Barber" that was used to distinguish the educated dental barbers from the lay barbers.