<p>Don’t choose a career based on salary alone. Go into IT or engineering if they interest you more. If you are interested in becoming a dentist, it is similar to getting into medical school. Go to a 4-year university and major in something you’re interested in and take the required classes to get into dental school. I’m not sure exactly what they are (and they will differ between schools) but it’s probably a lot of the same classes pre-meds take. Getting into dental school is no walk in the park, which may be one of the more difficult parts of becoming a dentist. Someone else should be able to help you more than me because I know next to nothing about it, sorry! :(</p>