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Jingtian Posted 19 years ago
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doctor & dentist

0 Here are two sentences from an English textbook.02br
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g. surgeon, dentist, physchologist etc. 02br 02br 00He can't be a dentist.

— Doll

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  • surgeon, dentist, physchologist etc.
  • 02br 02br 00He can't be a dentist.
  • 02br 00He must be a doctor.
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0Yes, you are right but doctor is a general name and doctors have different branches, so every doctor takes a new name when they choose a branch e.g. surgeon, dentist, physchologist etc. 02br
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00He can't be a dentist. 02br
00He must be a doctor. I think here writer tries to say that his branch isn't somthing related with dental care.He can be an emerge
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0Are the sentences necessarily related? In any case, the layman commonly distinguishes 01i00doctors02i00 from 01i00dentists02i00, irrespective of the latter's medical qualifications. Do not expect logical subtleties in basic English textbooks.0-
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0 Thanks for your prompt replies. I see. 0-
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0 Dentists aren't considered doctors here. They don't go through medical school or qualify as doctors before becoming dentists. 0-
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0Hi Nona, 02br
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00 Then what can be the reason for saying "you aren't dentist, you are doctor?" In other words, is saying doctor to the ones who have no profession on a particular branch a typical of my country?:D 0-
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0 May I ask where dentists learn if they don't go to a medical school?02br
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00And another question, if a person has tooth decay, does he/she have to go to the dentist's or he/she can also go to the hospital? 0-
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0Sorry Doll, I don't quite understand you.02br
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00Jingtian - all I can say is what happens in my own country. It may be different to yours.No, you wouldn't go to a normal hospital for treatment of tooth decay but you might go to a specialised dental clinic or hospital. 02br
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00In the UK dentists are not considered doctors. They are medical professi
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0 Nona, thank you very much for providing such detailed information. The situation here is quite different from the UK. No wonder it is quite hard for us to understand the differences between a doctor and a dentist, as we can go to either a hospital or a dental clinic for dental fillings. 0-
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0 Things are different in Canada too. 02br
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00 The dentists perform sometime dental surgery, but my advice based on experience is to go for such operations only to those dentists which are called 01b00dental and/or maxillofacial surgeons02b00. 02br
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0 Thanks, Marius Hancu, for the supplementary information. 0-
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