Should dentists call themselves Dr. ?

[singlecoil]

I understand that it's commonplace in the USA for dentists to do this, but happened to notice it on a nameplate outside a british dentistal surgery for the first time today. The degree was just BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery)

[Aprisa]

As far as I understand a dentist will have to undertake a post grad Phd before being able to call themselves Dr, my neighbour did it and it took a huge amount of time and effort. I reckon he desrved the title given the input!
Nick

[singlecoil]

Aprisa said:

As far as I understand a dentist will have to undertake a post grad Phd before being able to call themselves Dr, my neighbour did it and it took a huge amount of time and effort. I reckon he desrved the title given the input!
Nick

I dare say, but then the degrees wouldn't just show BDS, shirley

[magic torch]

No, if they're not one.

[V6]

No. They are not Doctors..? If they get a PhD then fine but otherwise...why?

[Swilly]

Medical Doctors are not Doctors either.....

[V8mate]

1. A medical Dr and a PhD Dr are different qualifications.
2. Dentists actually study for longer than normal doctors and are referred to as 'Mr' as they are considered to be equivalent to a surgeon, who is also called 'Mr'.

[911motorsport]

and what about Dr.Who?

[Marf]

He's not real.

[GTIR]

My mates a Dr. but a Dr of mathmatics.

Should he call himself a Dr?

IMO the only "Dr" out there should be doctors. Period.

[V8mate]

GTIR said:

My mates a Dr. but a Dr of mathmatics.

Should he call himself a Dr?

IMO the only "Dr" out there should be doctors. Period.

A doctor is someone who has completed a particular level of study. You are referring to your physician as 'doctor' in the same way someone might call a vacuum cleaner 'Hoover'.

Both a physician and a vacuum cleaner can be called Henry.

HTH

[JRM]

singlecoil said:

I dare say, but then the degrees wouldn't just show BDS, shirley

Presumably you don't have a degree at all seeing as how you can't even spell a basic word

Who's Shirley?

[911motorsport]

JRM said:

singlecoil said:

I dare say, but then the degrees wouldn't just show BDS, shirley

Presumably you don't have a degree at all seeing as how you can't even spell a basic word

Who's Shirley?

Whooooooosh

[wendyg]

For both medical doctors and dentists the 'Doctor' is considered a courtesy title. As previously mentioned, it does not infer that a formal Doctorate has been obtained. Many dentists don't use it as early dentistry tended to be the preserve of the barber-surgeons, whereas medicine was the realm of the physicians. Also as previously mentioned, that's why medical surgeons revert to Mr.

(I use 'Doctor' when making complaints etc, but not the rest of the time )

[Zod]

In Germany, if you have two doctorates, you are addressed as Herr Doktor Doktor.

[GTIR]

V8mate said:

GTIR said:

My mates a Dr. but a Dr of mathmatics.

Should he call himself a Dr?

IMO the only "Dr" out there should be doctors. Period.

A doctor is someone who has completed a particular level of study. You are referring to your physician as 'doctor' in the same way someone might call a vacuum cleaner 'Hoover'.

Both a physician and a vacuum cleaner can be called Henry.

HTH

"A doctor is someone who has completed a particular level of study"

Sorry, is this Newsround?

Ahh yes, but do you know a physician called Henry?

Well

Do you

No, thought not Mr-I-have-a-better-knowledge-of-stuff-than-you clever cloggs!

[V8mate]

GTIR said:

V8mate said:

GTIR said:

My mates a Dr. but a Dr of mathmatics.

Should he call himself a Dr?

IMO the only "Dr" out there should be doctors. Period.

A doctor is someone who has completed a particular level of study. You are referring to your physician as 'doctor' in the same way someone might call a vacuum cleaner 'Hoover'.

Both a physician and a vacuum cleaner can be called Henry.

HTH

"A doctor is someone who has completed a particular level of study"

Sorry, is this Newsround?

Ahh yes, but do you know a physician called Henry?

Well

Do you

No, thought not Mr-I-have-a-better-knowledge-of-stuff-than-you clever cloggs!

Go and stand in the corner with a traffic cone on your head.

[singlecoil]

911motorsport said:

JRM said:

singlecoil said:

I dare say, but then the degrees wouldn't just show BDS, shirley

Presumably you don't have a degree at all seeing as how you can't even spell a basic word

Who's Shirley?

Whooooooosh

Indeed

[Christiaan]

wendyg said:

For both medical doctors and dentists the 'Doctor' is considered a courtesy title. As previously mentioned, it does not infer that a formal Doctorate has been obtained. Many dentists don't use it as early dentistry tended to be the preserve of the barber-surgeons, whereas medicine was the realm of the physicians. Also as previously mentioned, that's why medical surgeons revert to Mr.

(I use 'Doctor' when making complaints etc, but not the rest of the time )

What she said...

[s3fella]

Dr of "Love" maybe, when the "gas and air" kicks in!

My dentist insists I call him "Martin" whihc I find quite tricky as I'd prefer "my mate" to not go drilling around my gob!