Guest Meddream Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Which one are you chosing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leviathan Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I honestly don't understand how one could be interested in both fields....well, except if it's for one reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richmond604 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Law Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I did co-op with a dentist once in high school. While, they do have an appealing lifestyle, I just can't picture myself doing it for so long you know... It's so different from medicine. Carefully weigh what your motives are for entering the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MEMED Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Of course you could be interested in both. Entering dentistry is like going directly into a residency and skipping med school. Dentists are focused on oral health, they are essentially subspecialists. Dentists are not so different from ENT docs or opthalmologists, especially when you consider the ones who only do subspecialized stuff, like audiology or the retina. The only difference is that the dentist didn't have to suffer through an obs/gyn rotation or a psychiatry rotation in order to get their degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest in the hot zone Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Based on comments by the other two users, I would suggest to be careful on what you say. There's no need to be cocky or condescending. Since because you're only interested in medicine, it's still important to be open and be civil of other's people interest. Dentistry is a noble career and, as everything else, deserve the same respect as doctors. And I can "honestly" say that you will need a dentist sometime in your lifetime. And yes, you would need "money" to pay for their services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Law Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I think the best way to find out what you're interested in is to actually go and see it first hand. That's why I went and did co-op, I got to watch a lot of dental procedures and it was a really good experience. Also, of course you could be interested in both! I was interested in both at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daryn Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 It seems to me that a lot of/some people apply to dentistry as a backup for medicine. Now whether it's the right thing to do, I'm not going to judge. The obvious answer is to do what you (think you) love most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leviathan Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Based on comments by the other two users, I would suggest to be careful on what you say. There's no need to be cocky or condescending. Since because you're only interested in medicine, it's still important to be open and be civil of other's people interest. Dentistry is a noble career and, as everything else, deserve the same respect as doctors. And I can "honestly" say that you will need a dentist sometime in your lifetime. And yes, you would need "money" to pay for their services. Absolutely no disrespect was intended. It was a serious question that I've had, because the two fields seem so very different from each other except for that one unifying quality. I'm not suggesting that all people that apply to both fields are in it for the money. I was just inquiring what the other reasons might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faithnomore Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Q: What do you call a doctor who couldn't get into med school? A: A dentist. Q: What's the difference between a dentist and a masochist? A: Newer magazines. Courtesy of an anti-dentite bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheChosenOneDDS Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 it is people like faithnomore that i love because it makes us dentists richer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akinf Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Dentistry would be pretty sweet I think, it just depends on what you want to do. Dentistry is highly procedural, like surgery, and requires a certain skill-set that is obviously valued enough for them to earn what they do. Also, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (dentists) are not all that far from ENTs. In fact, the residents of both programs often participate in the same surgeries. Dissing dentistry is unjust as a person wishing to go into medicine, they are just as much of an integral part of the health care team as any other member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faithnomore Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 I don't actually have anything against dentists, I just thought this thread was overdue for a Seinfeld reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest three chords Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Good friend of mine got her DDS from UofT, then went to Harvard to specialize in oral and maxillofacial surgery along with her husband. A professor of theirs hired them in his practice in Boston. They are bagging $320K/year, working incredible hours too. Something for those "dentistry is only for people who couldn't get into meds" to consider when they get their $1200 biweekly residency cheque... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Law Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Meddream Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Honestly, I have been accepted into both med and dent. Considering all the things that comes with both professions and also my equal love for both, I think I'm going to chose dentistry over medicine. So I guess dentistry is not for doctors who couldn't get into medicine, I did get into med and I'm still going to dentistry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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