want to become a dentist, couple questions?

Question

I was writing the question and had it removed, I suppose it was too long ... anyway, an international dental school lists these degrees offered, and I know its medical school accepts students right after high school but I believe I'm changing my career path:

The Faculty awards the following degrees:
1- B.D.S. (five years)
2- Intermediate Diploma (Two years)
3- M.Sc. (two years)
4- Ph.D. (three years)

Uh...not exactly sure what that means. So, what are the degrees awarded to dentists here after the take all the "steps", how does it look like for foreign graduate students in the dental scene, and what does it mean to practice general dentistry and not specialize (something unheard of in medicine)?

Answer 1

Where is "here"? To me, that means the US. To others, could be UK, India, etc.

In the US, dentists have graduate degrees. Called a DDS I believe. It's a doctorate. Need a bachelor's first before you go on to dental school.

Dentists don't have to specialize here. They just do the basics, like teeth cleaning, root canals, etc.

If you've done dental school in another country, you're going to have to apply. The dental board of the state is going to have to recognize the dental school you went to before they'll accept you. Otherwise, you'll have to apply to do dental school here in the States.