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I wouldn't want dentistry to become a specialty option by TWO
for medical school graduates.
As far as the 1st 2 years, sure as dentists we take mostly the same basic science curriculum as medical students. But we also get right to work on the basics of learning to be a dentist, I don't think we'd be as well trained if we delayed starting our dental training till after 2 years of a medical school type curriculum. Dentists need the full 4 years of dental school with it's emphasis on dentistry.
The public needs dentists who are well trained in being dentists and part of that is recognizing and dealing with various medical conditions. But I don't see the need for dentists to be MD's first then get advanced training in dentistry. Waste of time/money.