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Sep 19, 2019
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credible HULK
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You should refuse to call them doctor. Hit 'em where it hurts. Then they can
just go home to their big stupid houses and wipe away their tears with their ridiculous hundred dollar bills.
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credible HULK
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Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:12am
I'm a lawyer. I usually demand to be called "doctor."
Jay Rick
9/19/19 11:13am
As long as it’s not “esquire”
Natedog916
9/19/19 11:27am
I always like it how feminist women lawyers sign their names with an Esq.
HenderCoug
9/19/19 12:13pm
Once had a DB lawyer send me a wedding announcement for his daughter with
Natedog916
9/19/19 1:26pm
Most of us sign our names with Esq. after it when communicating with the Court,
HenderCoug
9/20/19 9:38am
I’ve never done it in a professional setting. Natedog916, notesquire
Natedog916
9/20/19 11:08am
^^^Solicitor
Fishious
9/19/19 11:55am
i Actually spent about 8 years in the Solicitor General’s Office, so, accurate.
Jay Rick
9/19/19 12:38pm
What degree do you have?
JohnnyComeLately
9/19/19 11:14am
I demand you call me Master!
vagabonder
9/19/19 11:15am
Not sure thats wise, Mr. Bater
JohnnyComeLately
9/19/19 11:17am
Board name checks out
InlandEmpYre
9/19/19 12:05pm
LOL
chazen
9/19/19 3:08pm
Call them "doctor" like you call someone with a PhD.
El Careeb
9/19/19 11:15am
They are doctors who specialize in mouth surgeries
Jericho
9/19/19 11:15am
Aren’t those maxillofacial surgeons?
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:19am
They just do some more complex stuff, but they often do the same
Jericho
9/19/19 11:28am
what about PHD
claw
9/19/19 11:16am
Or rappers?!
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:19am
Just give them this. It's the only thing they've got.
durandal
9/19/19 11:20am
RE: Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
Kilgore Trout
9/19/19 11:16am
TNT usually says something but then they cut out anesthetic
TNT
9/19/19 11:16am
This is what I’m worried about. Or getting billed unnecessarily.
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:18am
RE: Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
Countcougula
9/19/19 11:19am
My chiropractor goes by Dr Vance. I just call him Larry.
BlueFrog
9/19/19 11:20am
Dentists are doctors. So are optometrists.
lightmann
9/19/19 11:20am
lol, next you're going to say Chiropractors are called doctors too.
Mayor of Cougartown
9/19/19 11:22am
Well, they are but I wouldn't have said it if you hadn't brought it up. The real question is — do they have a doctorate
lightmann
9/19/19 11:51am
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JimmyZ
9/19/19 11:23am
Yes. Please refer to me as Dr. Careeb from now on.
El Careeb
9/19/19 11:26am
Doctors have an oath to help people, so that eliminates JDs 😉
JONBOY
9/19/19 11:42am
My wife, who has a JD, was called "Doctor" when she worked for the State Board
BYULAWGUY
9/19/19 11:58am
Only if you want to.
lightmann
9/19/19 12:03pm
Licensed physical therapists typically have a doctorate but don’t insist
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:24am
True. I would say that most people that are qualified by education to be called "Doctor" don't really
lightmann
9/19/19 11:59am
Professors that have PhDs usually seemed to care, ime
Sexytaxman
9/20/19 6:49pm
Isn't it Doctor of Dental Surgery?
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/19/19 1:05pm
If you need other to address you by Dr., you are a tool.
CObluezone
9/20/19 9:55am
You sound like an anti-dentite...
vegasnative
9/19/19 11:21am
You make that sound like a bad thing
TNT
9/19/19 11:22am
Next he’ll be saying they need their own schools
letthewookiewin
9/19/19 11:23am
"They do have their own schools"
BYULAWGUY
9/19/19 11:59am
This isn't an etiquette question. If it was, and you disagreed that a dentist
Thrill
9/19/19 11:22am
I have one Family that calls me Dentist Kerm, instead.....
kerm
9/19/19 11:22am
Is it weird that you use your CB handle in real life?
Solomon Levi
9/19/19 11:25am
LOL, Thought it was going to be what's proper etiquette when a Dentist
BYU71
9/19/19 11:22am
If you call them anything other than doctor, just wait until they are done
unctoothman
9/19/19 11:23am
I come to CB for this kind of level headed advice
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:26am
Solid, solid advice here folks!
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/19/19 1:11pm
DDS = Doctor of Dental Surgery; DMD = Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry
jreid191
9/19/19 11:23am
compared to MD which = Doctor of Medicine. So it's all Doctors of specific
StarMan
9/19/19 11:27am
But other doctorate achievers in the medical field don’t call themselves doctor
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:30am
I think obsessing over whether someone deserves the term doctor
wildcoug
9/19/19 11:33am
Ha ha! Good point. It’s been building over decades.
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:39am
Yes, some do.
Thrill
9/19/19 11:34am
The ones that (imo) are on an ego trip.
lightmann
9/19/19 12:07pm
PTs and nurses aren't docs. They don't earn doctorates. Pharmacists are docs, earn
unctoothman
9/20/19 11:16am
I don't know about that. DPT does stand for doctor of physical therapy.
credible HULK
9/20/19 11:23am
PTs used to not get them. The modern movement is to get a doctorate though.
Jay Rick
9/20/19 3:16pm
I gladly call a dentist "doctor" just not a chiropractor.
mudpupper
9/19/19 11:24am
I'll call anyone doctor. I don't think it's a big deal.
Belboz
9/19/19 11:27am
RE: I'll call anyone doctor. I don't think it's a big deal.
BlueFrog
9/19/19 11:36am
Well, it would be really silly to call a dentist "chiropractor", so I'm not sure why you felt the need to state that.
jdub
9/19/19 11:29am
No wonder my dentist gets so confused when I talk to him
mudpupper
9/19/19 11:33am
RE: Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
StarMan
9/19/19 11:24am
RE: Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
StarMan
9/19/19 11:25am
You should refuse to call them doctor. Hit 'em where it hurts. Then they can
credible HULK
9/19/19 11:26am
This
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:28am
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JimmyZ
9/19/19 11:28am
Great point! Pharmacists aren’t demanding the doc title!
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:29am
My wife's father and grandfather are both dentists, everyone calls them Doctors.
DraperCoug22
9/19/19 11:32am
they are probably very disappointed in you.
BlueFrog
9/19/19 11:38am
Haha. Her grandpa is the Steve Jobs of dentistry so he was disappointed when her
DraperCoug22
9/19/19 11:58am
Ignore it. Any other reaction would be wierd.
JAGA97
9/19/19 11:35am
Good question Doctor! I'm wondering the same
Idahofallsblue
9/19/19 11:37am
I work with three people who I consider doctors
USMCdad
9/19/19 11:40am
As long as it isn't NPs, CRNAs, and PAs, I could care less
WorfoSAUR
9/19/19 11:41am
How much less could you care?
fredetteaboutit13
9/20/19 3:22pm
I'm not big on titles for the most part and don't use the title doctor in my
Still Open
9/19/19 11:42am
RE: Proper etiquette when dentists refer to themselves as doctors!
Cru Jones
9/19/19 11:48am
The story of two complete tools.
fldnstrm
9/19/19 11:49am
Ha ha ha! Close to home
Kevin Arnold
9/19/19 11:54am
I think in any setting somebody insisting on a title is lame.
fldnstrm
9/19/19 12:06pm
Italians call anybody with a bachelors degree "dottore"
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/19/19 1:10pm
In Italy you actually have to go to medical school first and then specialize in
doubled1981
9/19/19 1:55pm
I could care less if my patients call me doctor or not. However,
byusage
9/19/19 3:17pm
I'm with you. I work closely with dentists and feel the same. The OP makes no
Idahofallsblue
9/19/19 3:52pm
RE: I'm with you. I work closely with dentists and feel the same. The OP makes
credible HULK
9/19/19 4:02pm
If their degree says doctor, call them doctor (except for lawyers)
BYULAWGUY
9/19/19 7:18pm
The real question of our day, Brother Arnold, is how many followers makes an
wisconsincougs
9/20/19 6:11am
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