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Our philosophy is to help our patients achieve and maintain exceptional dental health. We work hard to make sure that our level of care is deserving of our patients’ respect and confidence. Our tradition of preventive dentistry is the basis for all service and care in our practice. We welcome all questions and comments regarding dentistry in the hope that we increase your dental "IQ" and help you make better dental health decisions.Monday, August 01, 2005
D.D.S. or D.D.M.?
My dentist is a D.D.M. Is this different from a D.D.S.?
Thanks for the question: D.D.S. or D.D.M. First of all, D.D.M. should be D.M.D. These three initals designates that the doctor you are seeing has graduated from a dental school. Most of the dentists that graduate today have D.D.S. behind their name. D.D.S. stand for Doctor of Dental Surgery. Just like M.D. stands for Medical Doctor. Many years ago when the first dental schools opened up some schools chose to award the D.D.S. degree or the D.M.D. degree. D.M.D. stand for Doctor of Medical Dentistry. This may be due to the fact that these schools had close ties to a medical school. Nowadays, a dental school is affiliated with a University and all of the curriculum is nearly identical at all of the dental schools. If you go to a dentist that has a D.D.S. or D.M.D. it does not really matter. Both degrees mean the same thing. You are under the care of a dentist!
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