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[IWantH2O]

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k my dentist is a general practitioner but at the same time does braces...i thought you would have to be specialist (orthodontist) to be able to give patients braces.
am I missing something, is he doing somethin illegal?


also, another question, is part of general practioners job is to extract a wisdom tooth, or does that require a specialist?

 

[Lopyswine]

k my dentist is a general practitioner but at the same time does brasis...i thought you would have to be specialist (orthodontist) to be able to give patients brasis.
am I missing something, is he doing somethin illegal?


also, another question, is part of general practioners job is to extract a wisdom tooth, or does that require a specialist?

getting brasis sounds like it would hurt

 

[AFdentalgirl]

I wonder if you tried to google this and didn't get any good answers since you don't know how to spell braces.

k my dentist is a general practitioner but at the same time does brasis...i thought you would have to be specialist (orthodontist) to be able to give patients brasis.
am I missing something, is he doing somethin illegal?


also, another question, is part of general practioners job is to extract a wisdom tooth, or does that require a specialist?

 

[rkamsterdam]

getting brasis sounds like it would hurt

haha, yeah. is that some disease?

 

[wodehouse]

Ha! I got as far as typing "brasis wiki" into google before realizing that the OP meant "braces".

 

[rkamsterdam]

Oh, braces!! ahh, now i get it.

 

[rkamsterdam]

also, another question, is part of general practioners job is to extract a wisdom tooth, or does that require a specialist?

yeah, general practitioners can only extract one 3rd molar. when there are multiple it goes to a specialist.

 

[Lopyswine]

yeah, general practitioners can only extract one 3rd molar. when there are multiple it goes to a specialist.

??? where are you getting that from?

 

[rkamsterdam]

alright, jk brother. Its a saturday night and i'm at home drinking by myself because i just got done studying. (I hate ds, btw)

The answer to your question is that a general dentist can perform any dental procedure as long as his/her work is up to the standard of a specialist.

 

[Lopyswine]

alright, jk brother. Its a saturday night and i'm at home drinking by myself because i just got done studying. (I hate ds, btw)

The answer to your question is that a general dentist can perform any dental procedure as long as his/her work is up to the standard of a specialist.

hahahaha I am also at home alone studying... well actually I am on SDN and doing laundry.

my anatomy books and skull are sitting on my desk....

I think I am going to start drinking.

YEAH FOR Dental SCHOOL!!

 

[rkamsterdam]

hahahaha I am also at home alone studying... well actually I am on SDN and doing laundry.

my anatomy books and skull are sitting on my desk....

I think I am going to start drinking.

YEAH FOR Dental SCHOOL!!

sometimes I have an urge to destroy my skull, like i want to punt it. damn that Beatrice (my skull)!👎

 

[Lopyswine]

sometimes I have an urge to destroy my skull, like i want to punt it. damn that Beatrice (my skull)!👎

mine is named Olga!

 

[rkamsterdam]

mine is named Olga!

my cadaver's name is skeeter. It likes to squirt on us.

 

[jaypea65]

A general dentist can perform any dental procedure that they are comfortable doing. Which makes me wonder why anybody would want to specialize?

 

[rewJW]

Well, for one, specialists tend to get paid more. For two, perhaps just maybe some individuals prefer a certain aspect of dentistry and choose to specialize so they can focus on performing just that aspect.

 

[Mrbubbles]

i definitely agree with the above post.

imagine ..as an oral surgeon, u don't have to do a filling or rct ever!..EVER!!!! (i assist a general dentist and trust me..it's so boring).

 

[aphistis]

i definitely agree with the above post.

imagine ..as an oral surgeon, u don't have to do a filling or rct ever!..EVER!!!! (i assist a general dentist and trust me..it's so boring).

It's a lot more fun to do most dental procedures than to assist for them. 😉

 

[keliao]

afterall..ya'll didint answer IwantH2O question...so is it illegal for a GeneralDentist to do braces?

 

[rdhdds1]

afterall..ya'll didint answer IwantH2O question...so is it illegal for a GeneralDentist to do braces?

In answer to the question. It is perfectly legal for a general dentist to perform ortho movement. Most general dentists, however, do not unless it is with invisalign. Now. When dealing with fixed ortho (traditional wires) a general dentist may at his/her discretion place and move the dentition (teeth) for their patients.

The only catch, if you would even call it that, is the general dentists skill level better be right on when they practice this way or there may be reprocussions to be had later down the road.

To the poster who stated that a general dentist can do anything that a specialists does as long as that individual is up to the standards of a specialist. That will never happen.

A general dentist may be well rounded and great at what they do but a general dentist will never and can never be compared to a specialist. That is why they are general dentists and that is why the specialists are specialists.

Now it is true that a general dentist can practice a wider scope of dentistry but to say that a general dentist must have the skill set of an endo, o.s or even perio is far form the norm.

Why do you think that they have specialists?

 

[jaypea65]

Well, for one, specialists tend to get paid more. For two, perhaps just maybe some individuals prefer a certain aspect of dentistry and choose to specialize so they can focus on performing just that aspect.

I do not agree with you in all cases. Specialists get paid more than your average general dentists that tends to farm work out instead of performing it in their own office. My friend is a general dentist, and he earns more money than another of his friends that is a OMFS. He is not your average dentist, in that he performs 95% of his own root canals, performs all extractions, and even performs allograft surgery for receeding gum tissue. The ability to provide a diversity of services equals the possibility of increasing the revenue stream. Besides, doing a variety of cases keeps your work fresh and interesting. I could not imagine doing 10 or more root canals per day. It would get old and boring quickly.

 

[Doh Boy Fresh]

Yeah, i think this statement of how a general dentist can NEVER = a specialist is BS!!

A friend of mine Shadowed a dentist like the above poster's. Basically this dentist was a renown heart surgeon in China who gave cardiology up in order to become a dentist...

As a dentist he rarely sends out tough cases cuz he knows he can handle them.... aka, I would trust my mouth with a man than can perform on the heart 😍

 

[rewJW]

I do not agree with you in all cases. Specialists get paid more than your average general dentists that tends to farm work out instead of performing it in their own office. ....

That's why I said tend to, and some prefer. There are obviously different scenarios.

 

[rewJW]

imagine ..as an oral surgeon, u don't have to do a filling or rct ever!..EVER!!!! (i assist a general dentist and trust me..it's so boring).

One useful bit of advice I have gotten from a handful of dentists is that if you absolutely dislike general dentistry, you should reconsider going into dentistry because there is no guarantee that you will get into a specialty program and regardless of if you do, you have to learn general dentistry before you can become a specialist.

I personally find general dentistry quite interesting! Amalgams, composites, crown preps, extractions, oh my! 😍

 

[Lopyswine]

I do not agree with you in all cases. Specialists get paid more than your average general dentists that tends to farm work out instead of performing it in their own office. My friend is a general dentist, and he earns more money than another of his friends that is a OMFS. He is not your average dentist, in that he performs 95% of his own root canals, performs all extractions, and even performs allograft surgery for receeding gum tissue. The ability to provide a diversity of services equals the possibility of increasing the revenue stream. Besides, doing a variety of cases keeps your work fresh and interesting. I could not imagine doing 10 or more root canals per day. It would get old and boring quickly.

well a quick survey of ONE SINGLE dentist is probably the best way to draw a conclusion.......


also, to all the SPECIALIST happy predents:

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DENTAL SCHOOL TO BE A ORTHODONTIST. If you find general dentistry boring. Find a new career. You will learn general dentistry in dental school. You are going to school for general dentistry. Only a few of those in dental school actually specialize.

Its so ridiculous to say you want to specialize because general dentistry is boring when you HAVE NEVER DONE EITHER! How do you REALLY know what you prefer? How do you know what procedures you're best at?

Its also very presumptuous to talk about specializing considering how difficult it is to get into those residencies.

You're a PRE-dent. Focus on admission to dental school first. Then when you're a D3, maybe you'll like a specialty and have the grades to go for it. Any talk beforehand just makes you sound silly.

 

[Lopyswine]

One useful bit of advice I have gotten from a handful of dentists is that if you absolutely dislike general dentistry, you should reconsider going into dentistry because there is no guarantee that you will get into a specialty program and regardless of if you do, you have to learn general dentistry before you can become a specialist.

I personally find general dentistry quite interesting! Amalgams, composites, crown preps, extractions, oh my! 😍

very good point. Also, you need to get good grades in ALL classes in order to specialize. That means you'll have to be top 10% of the class for all those procedures that you find "boring." Do you have any idea how hard it will be to be the best at something you don't even like doing?