what does general dentist do?

[zriceman]

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hey guys, i know this may seem to be a stupid question, but what does a general dentist do besides cleaning teeth? Does he/she also diagnose oral disease, root canals, etc???

 

[ISU_Steve]

I'm not even going to touch this one. I think I'll let MVSO4 answer you.

 

[Dr.Smiley-OR]

hey guys, i know this may seem to be a stupid question, but what does a general dentist do besides cleaning teeth? Does he/she also diagnose oral disease, root canals, etc???

Have you ever been into a dental office? Man, I agree with you, what a stupid question it is!!! Yeah, dentist only clean teeth.......!

 

[aphistis]

Have you ever been into a dental office? Man, I agree with you, what a stupid question it is!!! Yeah, dentist only clean teeth.......!

Way to be an ambassador for the profession. 👍

To the OP: http://www.ada.org/public/education/careers/dentistry_bro.asp

 

[horizontalchew]

hey guys, i know this may seem to be a stupid question, but what does a general dentist do besides cleaning teeth? Does he/she also diagnose oral disease, root canals, etc???

a general dentist basically does whatever he is comfortable doing. not much addl education is needed for the ones with superior clinical and intellectual skills.

dentists sure have a lot of lee way in my opinion!

 

[horizontalchew]

Way to be an ambassador for the profession. 👍

Hey bud I missed you!

 

[aphistis]

Hey bud I missed you!

So they're letting you keep this account? 😉

 

[Profchaos]

hey guys, i know this may seem to be a stupid question, but what does a general dentist do besides cleaning teeth? Does he/she also diagnose oral disease, root canals, etc???

They took a hammer and knock your teech out.

 

[mvs04]

I'm not even going to touch this one. I think I'll let MVSO4 answer you.

😀

I think I'm going to let this one pass also while I go pound my head against the wall....

 

[horizontalchew]

So they're letting you keep this account? 😉

Why not?

you gonna get me kicked off everytime I come back 😛

 

[ISU_Steve]

😀

I think I'm going to let this one pass also while I go pound my head against the wall....

I know the feeling... 👍

 

[zriceman]

he he..opps

yeah...i ll go hang myself now...

 

[ISU_Steve]

Eh...it's OK....everyone is entitled to one colossal bonehead question. I'm pretty sure we've all asked at least one (and some people are this short with everyone, so it's not just you). Welcome to SDN by the way. 😉