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I asked some questions about Harvard dental school and their curriculum.
Here are some very confusing replies which I find pretty unbelivable. Like MDs can fix teeth and do root canals if they want(they are licensed to do that), dentist can become anestesiologists without going through med.school, and dentists can prescribe all drugs they want even diuretics, beta-blockers, SSRIs, etc. Any comments?
"A couple of things for your enlightenment here. First off my DEA license lets me prescribe any and all medications that an MD/DO can. Granted in general I only will write for anti-biotics/ pain meds/ occasional sedatives/ and anti histamines, but if I want to write for nitro or a beta blocker I certainly can.
Secondly, as a licensed MD/DO you technically are licensed to preform a root canal and any dental procedure that you feel fit to try. Granted you'll be held up to the same standards by a jury as I can do them at, but you can still do them if you want!
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Posts: 58 | From: Brooklyn, ct | Registered: Dec 2000 | IP: Logged
neeky
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posted January 08, 2002 11:34 AM
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DRJeff,
you are my hero, your posts are always informative and helpful and needless to say reassuring... by the way I am going to UConn next year...and will be learning all my basic sciences!
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"I either like people too much or not at all"
-Sylvia Plath
"She's a myth, a ghost, an extraterrestrial, not a person in the PHONE BOOK"
-high fidelity
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Ineedanassociate
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posted January 08, 2002 01:31 PM
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Dr. Jeff is correct on both points of contention. Here in Vermont the state Dental Practice act does allow physcians to practice dentistry if they wish. Do you know of any Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons without dental school training? Second Anaesthesiaoligists who went to dental school first administer and Rx a whole variety of medications and most of them only went to dental school.
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Posts: 41 | From: Enosburg Falls Vermont | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged
Here are some very confusing replies which I find pretty unbelivable. Like MDs can fix teeth and do root canals if they want(they are licensed to do that), dentist can become anestesiologists without going through med.school, and dentists can prescribe all drugs they want even diuretics, beta-blockers, SSRIs, etc. Any comments?
"A couple of things for your enlightenment here. First off my DEA license lets me prescribe any and all medications that an MD/DO can. Granted in general I only will write for anti-biotics/ pain meds/ occasional sedatives/ and anti histamines, but if I want to write for nitro or a beta blocker I certainly can.
Secondly, as a licensed MD/DO you technically are licensed to preform a root canal and any dental procedure that you feel fit to try. Granted you'll be held up to the same standards by a jury as I can do them at, but you can still do them if you want!
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Posts: 58 | From: Brooklyn, ct | Registered: Dec 2000 | IP: Logged
neeky
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Member # 10778
posted January 08, 2002 11:34 AM
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DRJeff,
you are my hero, your posts are always informative and helpful and needless to say reassuring... by the way I am going to UConn next year...and will be learning all my basic sciences!
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"I either like people too much or not at all"
-Sylvia Plath
"She's a myth, a ghost, an extraterrestrial, not a person in the PHONE BOOK"
-high fidelity
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Ineedanassociate
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Member # 8621
posted January 08, 2002 01:31 PM
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Dr. Jeff is correct on both points of contention. Here in Vermont the state Dental Practice act does allow physcians to practice dentistry if they wish. Do you know of any Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons without dental school training? Second Anaesthesiaoligists who went to dental school first administer and Rx a whole variety of medications and most of them only went to dental school.
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Posts: 41 | From: Enosburg Falls Vermont | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged