2006-06-20 11:53:26 · 7 answers · asked by suggie30 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Doctor is a generic term meaning A person who has earned the highest academic degree awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
In Britain & Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, the term doctor is more common, as physician refers to specialists in internal medicine.
A physician is a person who practices medicine.
Denist is A person who is trained and licensed to practice dentistry.
2006-06-25 21:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Hina♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dentist is a doctor, but a dentist specializes in the field of the mouth--more specifically, the teeth. (dent = teeth)
2006-06-20 11:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Remember 9-11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you go to health school you can be a doctor. you can be a dentist which is a kind of doctor. a dentist is just a doctor who specializes in teeth
2006-06-20 12:50:41 · answer #3 · answered by sam_and_danny4ever@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a doctor looks after you and a dentist looks after your teeth.
2006-06-20 11:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by Lion at heart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a dentist is a doctor, but a doctor is not a dentist. lol
2006-06-20 11:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by *§•♥•AnGeLa•♥•§* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All dentists are doctors but not all doctors are dentists.
2006-06-20 12:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I've heard that the first year of dental school is similar to the first year of medical school. But they ar not the same.
2006-06-20 11:56:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋