What is dentistry?

[ramseszerg]

How is it different from medicine?

What kind/breadth of pathologies are seen? (I'm guessing the pathologies are much less numerous than in medicine?)

What kind of studying do you do (memorizing vs understanding)? What kind of information are you memorizing if there are less pathologies than in medicine?

What kind of thought processes are involved in cases and in examinations?

What kind of research is done? Any new developments involving medical physics (imaging)? Or is the current technology sufficient for dentistry.

Sorry for such a broad question, but I'm fairly new to dentistry and I need to start somewhere..

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[Ostracized]

Have you ever been to the dentist? If so, you should have a fair idea already what they do.

 

[ramseszerg]

Have you ever been to the dentist? If so, you should have a fair idea already what they do.

Yes, after an X-ray and inspection the dentist works on my mouth. I'm sure there's more to it than that. Being a patient doesn't give me an inside perspective on what their training entailed and what's going through their head as they decide on a course of action..

 

[Aceofspades]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist - Basic internet research
http://ada.org/public/careers/beadentist/index.asp - ADA info on dentistry
http://ada.org/public/careers/beadentist/day.asp - Various dentists and dental students and professionals give a Madden like play-by-play of their day

 

[ramseszerg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist - Basic internet research
http://ada.org/public/careers/beadentist/index.asp - ADA info on dentistry
http://ada.org/public/careers/beadentist/day.asp - Various dentists and dental students and professionals give a Madden like play-by-play of their day

Awesome, thanks!

 

[who knows...]

ask your dentist to shadow them and shadow different kinds of dentists in different specialties to get the best idea..

 

[lilcy]

Overall, specialize in tooth.
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