My uncle is a Dentist. He is a dental surgeon. He helps prevent disease of the oral cavity.
Oh thats interesting, Ive wanted to become a dentist but dont know too much about it. Can you tell me if it requires a college degree? 
It does. A dentist completes a lot of schooling. There is a dental team with technicians, hygienists, and therapists. 
Yeah thats what I thought, id have to get alot of years of practice, What is a dentists salary anyways? 
It depends on the area I am sure. A crazy fact about dentists is that in France and China barbers were first to perform dentistry.
Ah OK. Wow barbers? who would have thought that a person who cuts hair can be a dentists haha, When was the first dentists anyways? Have humans always had dentists around? 
This was around 1400. France ended this practice of barbers being dentists.
Wow that long ago!! Thats crazy, Any other cool dentist facts I should know before pursuing it as a career? 
As far as dentists go, there is a fellow they call Father of Surgery, Amrose Pare, who published a book about teeth treatment. This was in the 1500s.