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I agree with you. by saintapollonia

Also noting that in that first two years are courses in things like dental anatomy beyond the basic science curriculum. Plus labs. I studied sometimes with a friend in Med School while in first year. Both studying basic science then the friend would take off to retire for the evening...and I'd go to lab and work on that tedious crap for another 2-3 hours. Unless your parents were dentists, and even then not really, nobody inherently has the skill to wax up a lower second premolar, right out of the gate.

My residency was hospital based versus school based, so I do feel very strong with my understanding of total body health beyond the oral complex.

To note further down the thread, I think another difference in the analogy of podiatry and dentistry is that at least 95% of dentists are completing some sort of surgery on a routine daily schedule. I don't really know what percent of podiatrists incorporate surgery into their practice. I think dulac89 has a quality post below. I have no disrespect to the profession of podiatry, just noting some differences with the analogy linking it dentistry and medicine.