Do you consider a dentist a doctor?

[Anonymous]

We know a woman who is a dentist. Her email address says Dr. She refers to herself as Dr. X. She tries to help people on planes when they ask if a doctor is on board. She absolutely considers herself a doctor. When someone gets injured, she is the first the jump up and help. She often gives medical advice.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fine for them to use the title doctor. I always call my dentist doctor. I think it's weird to jump when someone asks if there's a doctor on a plane.

[Anonymous]

This is the plot of a Brooklyn 99 episode

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's fine for them to use the title doctor. I always call my dentist doctor. I think it's weird to jump when someone asks if there's a doctor on a plane.

+1

[Anonymous]

No, they aren’t doctors and it annoys me when they say “the doctor will see you in a few minutes” and they actually mean the dentist. It’s ridiculous.

MD, DO etc are doctors. Not dentists.

[Anonymous]

If you’ve seen The Hangover you know a dentist is not a doctor. If I’m having a heart attack I’d take a 20 year old EMT over a 40 year old dentist 100% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’ve seen The Hangover you know a dentist is not a doctor. If I’m having a heart attack I’d take a 20 year old EMT over a 40 year old dentist 100% of the time.

I'd also take a 25 year old EMT over a 70 year old psychiatrist or a professor of Classics, but they're both doctors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the plot of a Brooklyn 99 episode

The BEST one LOL I die every time.

[Anonymous]

Of course not.

[Anonymous]

I consider a dentist a doctor for the same reason I consider a podiatrist a doctor. They work on a very specific part of the body.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t DDS mean Doctor of Dental Sciences?

I want to know who is seeing this many medical emergencies on planes. I fly a lot and never had that experience.

[Anonymous]

But if no one else is available, I'd take the dentist over a non doctor helping on an airplane. My parent is an ER nurse and always gets up when they ask for a doctor. Obviously she's not a doctor, but she might be helpful. Paramedics too would be helpful and are not doctors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’ve seen The Hangover you know a dentist is not a doctor. If I’m having a heart attack I’d take a 20 year old EMT over a 40 year old dentist 100% of the time.

I've never been somewhere where someone shouted "is there a doctor?!" But also, the EMT, the nurse AND the doctor should say YES.

I don't consider a veterinarian, a PhD or a dentist more able to help in this situation than a nurse or EMT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t DDS mean Doctor of Dental Sciences?

I want to know who is seeing this many medical emergencies on planes. I fly a lot and never had that experience.

OK but a PhD is a Doctor of Philosophy and a chiropractor is a Doctor of Chiropractic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’ve seen The Hangover you know a dentist is not a doctor. If I’m having a heart attack I’d take a 20 year old EMT over a 40 year old dentist 100% of the time.

I've never been somewhere where someone shouted "is there a doctor?!" But also, the EMT, the nurse AND the doctor should say YES.

I don't consider a veterinarian, a PhD or a dentist more able to help in this situation than a nurse or EMT.

I think the vet could be very helpful, depending on the problem.