kind of, but you're looking at the wrong end. we're talking like 1600 a month for a policy instead of 12000 (some reasonable numbers from 15 years ago i'm pulling out my ass). 20k a year instead of 150k, just for your practice's liability and malpractice insurance, all because you have the patience to stick your hands in people's mouths (which most medical practitioners don't).

also i don't know if dental drills have changed, but wear ear pro when you use one if you're a dentist, DA or hygienist. the brief time a patient hears it won't damage their hearing (much if at all), but all day every day? My dentist friend is profoundly deaf in the ear that faces toward patients thanks to his drill. that's a risk to one's self most medical practitioners aren't willing to assume.

i tell anyone who wants to go into medicine, doesn't know the field they want, and wants to make a lot of money to shadow a dentist for a week. tell them you want to go into dentistry and they'll get excited (they might be able to sell their practice to you and retire once you're out of dental school). at least that was my experience. I don't like putting my hands in other people's mouths.