Oh linsy, the dumb folks in singapore wouldn't know much about a medical/dental doctorate. They only confer dental bachelors there..They are probably way in awe of it.....
Anyway, FYI, ur school is recognized by the dental association of Singapore. Guessing that u will come here straight after graduation, u will be given conditional registration if u have a letter of employment from a local hospital or a dental group. The typical period to gain full registration is ~2-3 years after which u can set up ur own shop with full registration.
Pay is miserable during this period. I am not sure about private dental group, but in gov hospital ( which is the one more likely to employ you) , Medical officer and dental officer starting pay is ~3.2K SGD. It increase by ~5-8% per year.
With full registration, it's typically better. A general dentist can make ~12KSGD-15SGD with one of the private dental group as a salaried employee. If u set up a private practice , then it's up to you.
Several things to note for Singapore. There is no prevalent culture of regular visits to the dentist here. The only time they go to the dentist is when the pain comes, eg from wisdom tooth, a decaying tooth or for cosmetic purpose ( eg, braces)
Also, in Singapore, a general dentist might also engage in orthodontics, or other specialist branches of dentistry ( except oral/maxillo surgery), which means u can make quite a buckload if u rack up a good referral base for doing braces without going for a few more years of training. Of cse, the general dentist must be prudent to refer to the real specialist when certain things are beyond them. There are specialist training programs ( aka residency ) here that trains specialist but their intake is few and typically not open to foreigners.
Currently, the dentist to population ratio is low ( yes, there are only a miserable 34 dental spots in the local university per year, a number that hasn't changed in like 20 years while the population number slowly balloons..) so business is REALLY good. You typically need 1 week or so to book a dentist, they dun entertain walk ins, if it's any indication of what u can possible be earning.