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re: Are dentists real doctors?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:26 pm to Scruffy
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:26 pm to Scruffy
I am a PT. I have my doctorate. I don't address myself as Dr. to patients but I'm "technically" a Dr. The education PT's get is comparable to those in med school. It is soley based on the musculoskeletal and neuro systems. However, it is not required to go through residencies... Yet.
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:27 pm to Scruffy
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Everybody is a doctor nowadays. Completely diluting the term.
Same thing is happening with the term engineer.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:28 pm to Purple n GOLDUST
Yea, Scruffy knows. He has plenty of friends who are PTs.
It's fun to poke fun at people though.
So much animosity.
It's fun to poke fun at people though.
So much animosity.
quote:Don't janitors call themselves sanitation engineers now?
Same thing is happening with the term engineer.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:28 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
First you have to define what a "real doctor" is
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:29 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
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So they also have to go to med school? That doesn't make sense
dentsists go to dental school. they know about one percent of someone that goes to med school
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:29 pm to Scruffy
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Don't believe that is true.
I don't think it is either. That would mean a dentist would have to go to medical school, then dental school. That doesn't sound right.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:31 pm to Scruffy
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Don't janitors call themselves sanitation engineers now
I saw a classified the other day for a janitor at a hospital labeled "environmental technician"
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:32 pm to Scruffy
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Oral surgeons go to both dental school and medical school.
That makes sense. He was probably talking only about oral surgeons.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:33 pm to ksayetiger
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dentsists go to dental school. they know about one percent of someone that goes to med school
okPosted on 1/14/15 at 12:33 pm to MikeBRLA
A simple and imprecise rule if thumb is that if you can write prescriptions, you're a doctor.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:34 pm to shinerfan
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A simple and imprecise rule if thumb is that if you can write prescriptions, you're a doctor.
can't PA's and NP's write them?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:34 pm to Jim Rockford
He is a doctor but did not got to medical school. Orthodontists go to medical school.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:36 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Doctor is an academic title so yes they are real doctors.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:36 pm to TheDeathValley
Orthodontists do a residency at the dental school. Not medical school
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:36 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Aren't we just "tooth carpenters". At least that's what that old instructor dude in dental school told us.
Or did he say we were doctors and not "tooth carpenters"?
shite, fwiw, I don't like to be called doctor anyway. Just call me Maestro.
Or did he say we were doctors and not "tooth carpenters"?
shite, fwiw, I don't like to be called doctor anyway. Just call me Maestro.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:36 pm to 777Tiger
I know NPs can and for most practical purposes NPs can be considered doctors.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:37 pm to 777Tiger
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can't PA's and NP's write them?
Used to be co signed, but maybe they changed that in some states.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:38 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
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Having a debate with a friend and he says no. I say yes. What says the OT? If not, why not?
Of course they are. They have a doctorate. They spend 4 years at Dental School, just like MD's. DDS stands for Doctor of Dental Surgery so they technically are surgeons. Your friend is an idiot.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:38 pm to shinerfan
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I know NPs can and for most practical purposes NPs can be considered doctors.
Not by real doctors.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:39 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
They have a doctoral degree so yes they are. They are also in a medical field. However, they are not medical doctors.
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