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Please help me clarify this. My friend's dad is a veterinarian who's pharmacist has a brother who said that dentists need a DMD if they want to have any respect. Is this true?
Please help me clarify this. My friend's dad is a veterinarian who's pharmacist has a brother who said that dentists need a DMD if they want to have any respect. Is this true?
they are the exact same. I know when case swithed to the dmd degree they contacted all previous graduates and offered to switch their title from dds to dmd. some people think dmd sounds better cuz it has the md ending.. but in the end they all do the exact same things
If that is the case, talk about huge inferiority complex! What a shame... DP
All I ever knew before I wanted to become one was that the word on the office said "dentist", and the person that drilled my teeth everyone called "doctor". Didn't know or care what was behind their name...i must be gullibleExcept that a huge percentage of the general public thinks a DMD has more training and is more highly qualified then a DDS. It's not inferiority, it's good business to get a DMD.
Except that a huge percentage of the general public thinks a DMD has more training and is more highly qualified then a DDS. It's not inferiority, it's good business to get a DMD.
Hell in California a lot of DMD's change their title to DDS since that is what is known in California. Makes no difference. all i care about are those two D's Doctorate and Dentistry.
In actuality, more people are aware of DDS than DMD. More than once my patients asked me what DMD is. I have yet to come across one who questions DDS. DP