I'm a dental sales consultant and by looking at the ongoing trend, Malaysia has too much dentist and to make matters worse, fresh graduates would not get a permanent post in the Government sector. Basically, fresh graduates have 3 options.

1) Work in other fields related to dental such as my current job. This option is the most unlikely decision as nobody wants to spend tons of money on dental courses to go to waste. This option is more suitable for freshies waiting for posting in the government sector.

2)Work in the private sector. But we have oversupply of dentists and fierce competition is to be expected in order to get hired. There are not enough private sectors to accomodate such surplus of dentists in the market currently.

3)Operate your own dental clinic. Judging by our statistic over the years, the trend of opening new dental clinics is rising heavily as there are many factors as I mentioned above affecting dentist to this option. Demand will always be there but for freshies or practicing dentist who wants to open a new dental clinic, fierce competition must be expected as reputation is an important factor no matter which business you are in. For the first two years will be harsh to built your own clinic image through whatever means (social media reviews, service rating, word of mouths, advertising, etc). If you are able to sustain the first two years and your treatment availability is wide with good reviews and rating, you will surely succeed in this market as in Malaysia, there are many dental clinics that has bad reviews, or equipment not modern enough.

If you're studying dental or any medical related field for the sole purpose of money or get rich. You really need to reevaluate as the current market expects a lot.