Of course.
Now psychologists/psychiatrists are iffy if talking being a real "doctor", but then there are "professionals" and business doctors as well and not all medical doctors.

Yes. Dental school also has a residency. Your mouth health is connected to your vital organs. So yes dentists are important doctors.

Anonymous wrote:A dentist is a doctor. A dentist is not a physician.

A PhD is a doctor. A PhD is not a physician. In fact back in the ancient days scholars had higher prestige than physicians, who adopted the title doctor to increase their prestige.

Yes, OK, but do you agree that the word doctor floats between clinical authority and scholarly attainment, enabling situations where a dentist is a doctor in the credentialed sense while the same dentist is explicitly excluded from the category signified when we say a dentist is not a physician, just as a PhD is a doctor through the conferment of terminal academic mastery even though a PhD is not a physician, thereby underscoring that the term doctor operates less as a stable descriptor than as a linguistic corridor connecting multiple, sometimes competing, professional domains?

I hear Las Vegas has lots of head doctors for hire.

I do. Yes, they are doctors of dentistry.

On the plane- it is less about the degree and more about the work. Who wants a dermatologist to respond? I’d take a ER nurse any day. And of course a dentist is a doctor in their office. I don’t get using it in daily life though. I’m an MD and I never introduce myself as doctor in daily life only a work in very specific circumstance (with patients).

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 take a dentist over Dr. Dre.

is it bad that I didn't think it was that hard to be a dentist but that it cost a lot of money to go to dental school?

A dentist is a doctor. A dentist is not a physician.

A PhD is a doctor. A PhD is not a physician. In fact back in the ancient days scholars had higher prestige than physicians, who adopted the title doctor to increase their prestige.

A veterinarian is also a doctor. I’d trust one in a human emergency.

My (real) doctor friends hold off to see who steps forward on the plane first. It has happened to them a couple of times. One is a gastroenterologist and the other is a Dr NP who worked in an ER. Both times they ended up taking over the airplane patient as their qualifications were highest and the best fit for the emergency. Both times the patient lived.

I have heart issues and often look around a room or store to see who might be trained in CPR if the need were to arise. I hope there’s at least an Eagle Scout present as they’ve usually had CPR training a few times. Thankfully had been ok so far.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you know what DDS stands for? FFS.

Do you understand what JD stands for? I'm a lawyer and I'm most certainly not a "doctor."

^^^^^^^This person gets it.^^^^^^^^

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you know what DDS stands for? FFS.

Do you understand what JD stands for? I'm a lawyer and I'm most certainly not a "doctor."

Mmm. Yes. I think 80% of a doctor.

I consider a vet 100% a doctor.

I understand this is not rationale, lol.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Do you know what DDS stands for? FFS.