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What periodontists make
Typical, estimate
$250,000
New specialist
$150,000
Busy practice owner
$400,000
An estimate. Job Bank pools every dental specialist with general dentists in one census-based code and reports a median of $110,000 and a top end of $228,000, counting part-timers and only employment income, not clinic profits. Specialists bill more per procedure than general dentists, and this site lists general dentists at about $160,000, so the typical figure here is set above that. It varies a lot by province and by how busy the clinic is.