Differences DDS & DMD?

[habibah91]

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Hi, everyone,

I was looking into some colleges that have 7 year programs for dentistry. One offers a DMD with UMDNJ and the other one offers a DDS with NYU College of Dentistry. I looked at the course requirements and it seems that the one with UMDNJ makes you take an extra biology course each semester the first two years. I'm just wondering, I know the education for each is pretty much the same, but if you have one over the other are you able to do something that the other can't?

Thanks!

habibah91

 

[ChrisM07]

Nah, they're both the same. Except, one might look cooler with your name.

 

[DiNoZeRo2o9]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=569224

 

[squeegeediver]

If you have a DDS, you can put DDS at the end of your name -- something you can't do with a DMD. If you have a DMD, you can put DMD at the end of your name -- which, as you might have guessed, you can't do with a DDS.

Also, everyone agrees that DDS stands for "Doctor of Dental Surgery." There is confusion about what DMD stands for, and nobody seems to agree (though it is quite clear what it originally stood for, and that is still the "official" answer).

That's all. Really, that is all.

 

[DrDDSman]

If you have a DDS, you can put DDS at the end of your name -- something you can't do with a DMD. If you have a DMD, you can put DMD at the end of your name -- which, as you might have guessed, you can't do with a DDS.

Also, everyone agrees that DDS stands for "Doctor of Dental Surgery." There is confusion about what DMD stands for, and nobody seems to agree (though it is quite clear what it originally stood for, and that is still the "official" answer).

That's all. Really, that is all.

I always thought it stood for Doctor of Dental Medicine. Even though the two degrees are practically the same, do schools that offer DMDs have a different teaching/clincal approach than schools that offer DDS? A while ago I read something that said DMD is more of a "medical" approach and DDS is more of a traditional dental approach. Any ideas?

 

[gryffindor]

I always thought it stood for Doctor of Dental Medicine. Even though the two degrees are practically the same, do schools that offer DMDs have a different teaching/clincal approach than schools that offer DDS? A while ago I read something that said DMD is more of a "medical" approach and DDS is more of a traditional dental approach. Any ideas?

No. They have the same curriculums and requirements. Any variation is in the schools themselves, not the degrees. You've been reading too much SDN misinformation.

 

[armorshell]

No. They have the same curriculums and requirements. Any variation is in the schools themselves, not the degrees. You've been reading too much SDN misinformation.

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