> In article <c97lav$1rgl$1@ulysses.news.tiscali.de>,
> SPAMjochenkulow@tiscali.de says...
> > jwndds wrote:
> >
> > > DDS = Doctor of Dental Surgery (dentist)
> >
> > Thanks. I wonder if you studied medicine, too?
> >
> > In Germany dentistry is seperate from medicine.
>
> In the USA, you become a dentist if you really want to be a physician
> but you're not quite smart enough for that.
>
> > Oral surgeon is one year extra education.
> > Craniomandibluar surgery is medicine and dentistry.
>
> The oral surgeons and dentists in the USA both have "DDS" degrees, but
> the differences between them are vast.  Dentists just fill cavities and
> fabric fake teeth.  Oral surgeons actually operate on people.
>
> (And if you ever call an oral surgeon a "dentist" you'll get a dirty
> look.  It's kind of amusing, until you realize that you just offended
> somebody who is about to put you to sleep and use knives, chisels, etc,
> in your mouth.)