Do you consider dentists doctors ?

@approachingmyexpirationdate ophtalmology is a medical specialization, they have finished 6 years of medicine and then they can choose to take it, while dentistry is on a completely different department, different lessons, 5 years of education.

@SW-User @HannibalAteMeOut that's like saying a podiatrist isn't a doctor because he doesn't do heart transplants.

they work on different body parts and have to study long enough to take care of the part of the body that they work on.

still a doctor.

I wouldn't go to a heart surgeon for acne.

wouldn't ask a psychiatrist to look at my eyes.

still doctors.

@SW-User I like Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll

@SW-User and yet a heart surgeon cant do oral surgery. If you want to get really technical lets not call anybody a doctor because medical care has gotten so specialized that the term doctor is meaningless.

Let's just identify them by specialty.
This one is a nephrologist, this one is a podiatrist. That one over there is an orthopedist.

Same thing with a nurse. One is a cna, another is an rn, etc.

An no i dont claim to know how it all works.

@SW-User and lets really confuse the issue and see 8f we should revoke the term for people with an ed. D. Or p.h.d.

The term doctor is a gernerally accepted term and is in common usage.

Now for a less contentious part of our conversation ( i appreciate that we can disagree without name calling)

Who is the "they" that you mentioned. And is there a conversation among medical professionals about it? Inquiring minds do want to know.

@SW-User i still find the distinction a nonissue. To me it is more a title of respect and indicates their training and ability in their chosen field of study.

Hell i call my pets vet doctor unless they tell me to do otherwise.

But your mileage may vary.

I have long ago demanded that everyone bow to my will. For some reason i kept getting these odd stares when i screamed "off with their heads"

@SW-Userand we've beaten it into the ground - not agreeing - but we haven't drawn any blood so - it's all good

still love ya!