Dentistry or Medicine (1 Viewer)

[flashyGoldFish]

If you ever were considering both what made you pick the one you went with. If you were only ever considering one why didnt you consider the other.

 

[celadoncity]

I didn't ever consider dentistry, because initially what I wanted to do was medical science (hoping to get into research) rather than be any sort of practitioner (it's not that I didn't want to, just that wasn't what I had in mind as the thing I wanted to do above everything else) But I ended up getting an offer for medicine so I decided to take it and I really like it now that I'm in.

 

[flashyGoldFish]

Any dentistry students on here want to give their opinions. Its an interesting thing to think about especially since dentistry is medicine but it is its own degree.

 

[Medman]

Dentistry should be considered to be its own degree as it is essentially medicine of only the mouth. Oral medicine is so specialised that it is called dentistry. I have a feeling other specialties will move away from medicine in the future into their own degrees as the amount of information for medicine is becoming overwhelming.

Ask any doctors about oral disease that is not part of a constellation of other systemic signs and they would know hardly anything.

Whynot do both and become an oralmaxillofacial surgeon?

 

[flashyGoldFish]

Surely though that makes it pretty hard. Having to pick a medical speciality before the start of the degree would be one very challenging task. But of course if theres too much to fit into a medical degree its bit of damned either way. Dentistry itself is also a pretty broad field with endodontics, periodontics, oral radiography, orthodontics, prosthodontics, etc

Doesnt maxfax surgery require doing the 4 year dental degree and a 4 year medical degree?

But on the thread topic, I gather you did a medical degree. What made you do it over a dental degree?

 

[bangladesh]

Surely though that makes it pretty hard. Having to pick a medical speciality before the start of the degree would be one very challenging task. But of course if theres too much to fit into a medical degree its bit of damned either way. Dentistry itself is also a pretty broad field with endodontics, periodontics, oral radiography, orthodontics, prosthodontics, etc

Doesnt maxfax surgery require doing the 4 year dental degree and a 4 year medical degree?

But on the thread topic, I gather you did a medical degree. What made you do it over a dental degree?

Its not all about picking your speciality at the start, the nature of the job is also quite different which is why i ended up rejecting my dent offer.

 

[JohnMaximus]

so you don't have to hear 'oh so you're not a REAL doctor'

 

[flashyGoldFish]

so you don't have to hear 'oh so you're not a REAL doctor'

Haha. I think thats a stereotypical why to pick medicine and the stereotypes for picking dentistry is you are money hungry and lazy (as in dont want on call etc). Was hoping for actual reasons about the type of work, maybe personality factors, specific interests etc all of that type of actual reasoning

 

[Medman]

Yes maxfax requires both a medical and surgical degrees.

Didn't like just dealing with teeth. Wanted a holistic view of health. Perhaps I should have picked up on my dentistry offer because medicine is god damn difficult with the additional training years whereas you can practice dentistry once you graduate straight away.

Dentists may be stereotyped as money hungry but they are by no means lazy. It still requires plenty of hard work to reach a classification of "success". With success comes money but I think as long as they don't compromise patient care they deserve that money.

 

[Kiraken]

If you ever were considering both what made you pick the one you went with. If you were only ever considering one why didnt you consider the other.

because they are different careers

one deals with teeth

the other deals with other parts of health

i'm interested in other parts of health and not just teeth

 

[flashyGoldFish]

anyone else with something to say? maybe someone about why the went with dentistry?

 

[hit patel]

Medicine- You save lives.
Dentistry- You save teeth or the looks of teeth.
You choose.

 

[bangladesh]

Medicine- You save lives.
Dentistry- You save teeth or the looks of teeth.
You choose.

lol.. are you joking dude..
Do you know how much our oral health affects our overall health and how vital it is in preventing certain diseases?

 

[hit patel]

lol.. are you joking dude..
Do you know how much our oral health affects our overall health and how vital it is in preventing certain diseases?

it was an exaggeration. but not everyone suffers always from oral health issues

 

[Havox]

it was an exaggeration. but not everyone suffers always from oral health issues

Fail.

 

[Medman]

it was an exaggeration. but not everyone suffers always from oral health issues

Endocarditis, Abscess, Sjogrens etc all may have or be the result of dental problems. I think people don't take oral health as seriously. I thought in the past dental hygiene was excessive but now I try to take care of my teeth.

 

[hit patel]

Endocarditis, Abscess, Sjogrens etc all may have or be the result of dental problems. I think people don't take oral health as seriously. I thought in the past dental hygiene was excessive but now I try to take care of my teeth.

Well yes. But you didnt get the point. I was saying that mutations like tumours cannot be treated that way. and a wider field allows a much better health. But I dont see a point to argument

 

[Havox]

Well yes. But you didnt get the point. I was saying that mutations like tumours cannot be treated that way. and a wider field allows a much better health. But I dont see a point to argument

Tumours can't be treated with rainbows and butterflies either. Your sentence doesn't make grammatical sense and your point is silly.

 

[hit patel]

Tumours can't be treated with rainbows and butterflies either. Your sentence doesn't make grammatical sense and your point is silly.

As you say.

 

[flashyGoldFish]

Well this thread to a turn I sorted of expected but hoped wouldnt happen. Can we get back on why people picked dentistry or medicine rather than just attacking dentistry.