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Sep 19, 2019
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JONBOY
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Doctors have an oath to help people, so that eliminates JDs 😉
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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
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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