What do we do about the Dentist Problem?

[distalmarginalridge]

Seems like the Dentists are getting out of hand again. Every other month I turn on the news and see a dentist has killed another patient.

When will they learn?

They are not doctors. They are not anesthesiologists. They can't diagnose. They don't know path. They can barely read an x-ray. They should only be allowed to prescribe Pen VK and Tylenol.

Dentists. I say take away the doctorate title. Stick to handing out tooth brushes and cleaning teeth kid. Nothing personal.

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[Merely]

LOL

 

[musclebro]

 

[Psai]

I like dentists and they deserve the title more than most.

 

[AshNiffler]

lol dang...

 

[ProfMD]

Huh?

Dentists do know diagnosis, management, pathology, radiology - just all limited to tooth/jaw/gums.

You do realize that there are doctors who make errors too, right? Errors that occasionally cause the death of patients ...

 

[Crayola227]

has had an account for 2 years & this is your first post?

3/10 trollpost, you only scored that high because the above gave you a few extra points

 

[distalmarginalridge]

I like dentists and they deserve the title more than most.

Huh?

Dentists do know diagnosis, management, pathology, radiology - just all limited to tooth/jaw/gums.

You do realize that there are doctors who make errors too, right? Errors that occasionally cause the death of patients ...

found the dentists. shouldn't you boys be cleaning some teeth?

 

[Crayola227]

even better, your status says dental student

 

[ProfMD]

found the dentists. shouldn't you boys be cleaning some teeth?

Well isn't that original - don't like the message, criticize the messenger.

I know I'm not a dentist (but I do know several and happen to respect them). I've also read enough posts to know that @Psai isn't a dentist either.

 

[fancymylotus]

Seems like the Dentists are getting out of hand again. Every other month I turn on the news and see a dentist has killed another patient.

When will they learn?

They are not doctors. They are not anesthesiologists. They can't diagnose. They don't know path. They can barely read an x-ray. They should only be allowed to prescribe Pen VK and Tylenol.

Dentists. I say take away the doctorate title. Stick to handing out tooth brushes and cleaning teeth kid. Nothing personal.

Uhhhhh.


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[confidentandgood]

Seems like the Dentists are getting out of hand again. Every other month I turn on the news and see a dentist has killed another patient.

I'm dying at the choice of capitalization.

The Dentists. They're coming.

 

[doc toothache]

A wannabee dentist. Whom will you be calling when you have a toothache? A barber?

 

[Achilles other tendon]

A wannabee dentist. Whom will you be calling when you have a toothache? A barber?

The tooth fairy

 

[Brahnold Bloodaxe]

Agreed. The Dentists have to be used strategically and kept under a short leash. Kind of like how the Gimp was handled in Pulp Fiction.

Have a tooth-ache? Bring out the Dentist.

 

[Goro]

0/10
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[doc toothache]

The tooth fairy

The fairy steps in kind of like Buteo buteo, after the prey has expired.

 

[Daneosaurus]

Hahahahahahahahaha. Wut?

 

[distressstudent]

I agree OP.

We should strip away their autonomy and have them work under a supervising doctor. We need to train someone that can diagnose correctly and actually understands pathology. We should push to create a new doctorate to meet this need. Idk. Maybe call this new profession doctor of dental medicine or something.