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Sep 19, 2019
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JohnnyComeLately

Previous username: BigReedThunder
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Last login: Jun 19, 2024
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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

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!

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!

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?

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.

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

9/19/19 11:26am

This

Kevin Arnold

9/19/19 11:28am

<< Deleted >>

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

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

9/19/19 3:52pm

RE: I'm with you. I work closely with dentists and feel the same. The OP makes

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

9/20/19 6:11am

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