Medicine has a logo. Does dentistry?

[SugarNaCl]

So medicine has a logo of the 2 snakes intertwined up the staff. When I look up dentistry logo, they have a staff too, with one snake in a circle and a triangle. Is this logo school specific or is this the accepted dental medicine logo? Does anyone know? I'm just curious.

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[INFNITE]

So medicine has a logo of the 2 snakes intertwined up the staff. When I look up dentistry logo, they have a staff too, with one snake in a circle and a triangle. Is this logo school specific or is this the accepted dental medicine logo? Does anyone know? I'm just curious.

I think the logo you're talking about is the official dentistry logo. Go to ADA.org and under dental professionals, there's a mini version of the logo.

 

[Envision]

So medicine has a logo of the 2 snakes intertwined up the staff. When I look up dentistry logo, they have a staff too, with one snake in a circle and a triangle. Is this logo school specific or is this the accepted dental medicine logo? Does anyone know? I'm just curious.

Sounds interesting. Either way, can you copy and paste it here?

 

[cdmOMR]

I dont know too much about it, but I do know that there are 32 little leaves representing 32 teeth.

http://www.est1982.com/images/wallpaper/05LSU%20-%20Dentistry%20logo.jpg

 

[SugarNaCl]

Thanks guys.

 

[The Musketeer]

From the ADA:

This dental insignia was adopted by the American Dental Association in November 1965 as the official emblem of dentistry.

The design uses as its central figure a serpent entwined about an ancient Arabian cautery in the manner of the single serpent of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine, coiled about a rod.

The Greek letter Δ (delta), for dentistry, and the Greek letter Ο (omicron), for odont (tooth) form the periphery of the design.

In the background of the design are 32 leaves and 20 berries, representative of the permanent and temporary teeth.

The suggested colors for the insignia are: the background, a shade of lilac—the official academic color of dentistry; the letter Ο in gold; the letter Δ in black; the cautery in gold outlined in black, and the leaves, berries and serpent merely outlined in black on the lilac background.

The National Association of Dental Faculties in 1897 chose the color lilac as the profession’s major color. The color trims dental schools’ graduation gowns and caps and may be found in dental banners, emblems, insignia, signs, symbols and publications.

 

[Drill2Fill]

Great explanation. Is this something they teach you the first day of dental school?

 

[xdianaax]

That's really interesting, I love when things have meaning, makes it that much more significant. 🙂

 

[eleminopee]

that snake is VICIOUS! This has gotten me even more excited to be a dentist.

 

[burton117]

From the ADA:

This dental insignia was adopted by the American Dental Association in November 1965 as the official emblem of dentistry.

The design uses as its central figure a serpent entwined about an ancient Arabian cautery in the manner of the single serpent of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine, coiled about a rod.

The Greek letter Δ (delta), for dentistry, and the Greek letter Ο (omicron), for odont (tooth) form the periphery of the design.

In the background of the design are 32 leaves and 20 berries, representative of the permanent and temporary teeth.

The suggested colors for the insignia are: the background, a shade of lilac—the official academic color of dentistry; the letter Ο in gold; the letter Δ in black; the cautery in gold outlined in black, and the leaves, berries and serpent merely outlined in black on the lilac background.

The National Association of Dental Faculties in 1897 chose the color lilac as the profession’s major color. The color trims dental schools’ graduation gowns and caps and may be found in dental banners, emblems, insignia, signs, symbols and publications.

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