Why are dentistry seperate from other fields of medicine?!
Question:
Why are dentistry seperate from other fields of medicine?
There is a medical specialty for every part of the body. Most of them have to go to medical school - except dentists, they go to dental school.
Is it historical? What are the details of separation between these two fields?
Answers:
It is mainly historical. Teeth were not as high of a priority as other parts of the body so they were often times just pulled.. by a barber. It has only been the past fifty years or so that we have had the technology to do so much with our teeth.