Dentist vs physician

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Dentist vs. Physician
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Lets talk about the timeless age old debate.
Which came first - the chicken or the egg? No,
the real debate is a dentist a doctor or is a
physician the only real doctor? I think maybe the
only other health care doctor other than a
Dentists in ahmedabad that takes more of a
beating is the chiropractor (as Rodney
Dangerfield stated, I get no respect!). If you
read my blog last week, I ended it telling you to
go to YouTube, look up Dentist vs. Doctor, and
watch the extra normal video.   My wife works at
a hospital as an RN part time. She has commented
that when people hear her mention Dr. Joyce, they
ask what type of doctor he is. When she responds
they say, Oh, he is just a dentist! This will
make more sense if you watch that video. It
appears from the comments that some physicians
and dentists take this issue very seriously.
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We have all sorts of doctorate degrees PhD,
PharmD, DMD, DDS, MD and so on. Each of them
specify or indicate an advanced level of
education and knowledge that come with the title.
By no means do I think or feel I am a physician.
I have a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree. I
spent 4 years after undergraduate and then
another two years of formal accredited education
learning about the diseases and conditions that
are associated with the oral cavity, head and
neck. When I sit back and think about it, what I
find amazing that not only do I examine and
diagnose, but also perform surgery if needed
(removing and repairing living human tissue),
sometimes all in the same hour. Someone has to be
well-trained and knowledgeable to do that and
cause no long-term ill effects. For that
accomplishment, one is worthy of the title
Doctor!
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How many times have you heard about someone going
to their internist or general family practitioner
with a suspicious looking mole and having it
removed and biopsied. This is almost never done
anymore. Sorry Michael J. Fox, but Doc Hollywood
delivering babies and setting a fractured arm in
the same day just doesnt happen. (I used this
reference because the town they filmed that movie
in is just up the road from me.) It is an instant
referral to the dermatologist and you know the
rest.
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Most of the physicians that I know understand and
respect what we do. They know they need us and we
need them! I think most of this inaccurate
perception is from the general public. We are
just dentists and you can pick one up at any
Saturday morning garage sale. I guess this all
started back in history with dentistry springing
off from barbers. It has been the scarlet letter
we have had to bare for many years. Being the
redheaded step child of the medical/dental
community has its advantages. When it comes to
health care overhaul, dentistry has stayed out of
the spot light. We have had to deal with
insurances, but dentistry has still been able to
operate as more of a small business model with
not as much government regulation.
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This issue has lead into the reality of
compensation. I cannot quote or verify this info,
but the last reports that I saw had the general
dentist making considerably more money than a
general family practitioner. I think a lot has to
do again with government infringement on medicine
and insurance dictating fees. Private practice
medical doctors have a business to run and profit
margins. Many MDs that I know have to see
sometimes hundreds of patients a day to pay the
bills.
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Have you heard that dentists do not save lives
but real doctors do? I have, on numerous
occasions, drained a space infection that left
untreated would have killed someone. This happens
in third world countries, but not in our society
due to the care. Dentists know that typically
when a patient shows up to the E.R., it is
usually a six hour wait and a Rx for an
antibiotic and an analgesic, and they are told to
go find a dentist. How many times does a
podiatrist or psychiatrist directly save a life?
Most physicians besides surgeons, oncologists or
emergency room physicians probably directly save
lives. All the rest are just like dentists.
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I did not want the responsibility of having to be
tied to a pager or on call for the hospital
rushing out at 2 a.m. for an emergency. I know
not all physicians have this lifestyle and
dentists do have emergencies. I like the fact
that I am out every day at 4 or 5 p.m. and go
work out or hang out with my family. Dentistry
can be very stressful, but quality of life is
important.   I heard the jokes in dental school.
Dentists are just dropout medical students that
could not hack it! I never applied to medical
school and only know one person in my class of 70
or so that was a flunked-out med student. I
actually know some that dropped out of dental
school and went to med school because they did
not have the hand/eye dexterity. Imagine trying
to carve a precise 5mm x 5mm x 5mm deep box in
the side of an object in a dark wet hole and
while looking in a mirror with an object that
occasionally moves and makes unpleasant sounds.
Sounds easy, right?
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I think young people are starting to figure out
some of these details. I attend a presentation
yearly for the University of Florida, College of
Dentists in ahmedabad that talks about admission
statistics. The number and quality of applicants
has been going through the roof the last ten
years and it has become ultra competitive. They
have a 4.0 GPA, they volunteer , etc Many of
these students could probably go to any medical
school they wanted but chose dentistry as a
career choice. This should tell you
something.   We could go on more about this
subject, but I feel this is mainly a
misconception from the public about who we are
and what we do (not from physicians). Some
physicians may think and act like dentists are
second-class citizens in the health care world,
but for the most part, they appreciate us. I also
know some dentists that think they are physicians
and walk around like they are doing brain surgery
every day. Dentists and physicians are different
animals, but both worthy of the title of Doctor.
Most physicians I believe value and respect us
and want a dentist on the front line of battle
with them. I feel the same. Sourcehttp//agdblog
s.blogspot.in/2012/02/dentist-vs-physician.html
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