Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Dentists as Drs

2»

Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    ah lads, please stop feeding the trolls.................:rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭First Aid Ireland


    As I said before, I have Mr on my door, website and business cards as I think that dentistry is more surgical and oral surgery more surgical again...

    Despite this I have patients call me Mr, Dr..... I always introduce myself by my first name and insist on being called by my first name as it builds trust and doesn't make me feel old....

    I don't think that it influences the public significantly as there are bigger carrots and sticks to do that, price, website, recommendations or criticisms...

    i think that's an entirely reasonable answer, and not sure why there's such resistance, by other, to the question being asked.

    The only reason I ask is because it would probably have influenced me more than anything else, if i didn't know better. But if you guys reckon cost and word of mouth are bigger determinants of custom, then that's fair enough.

    I just think the confusion over Dr/Mr in the medical profession means that this *might* be a bigger issue than some realise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    digzy wrote: »
    ah lads, please stop feeding the trolls.................:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Sorry Dr Digzy:D:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    These fellows have been masquerading as a doctor for years outrageous.
    251px-Versions_of_the_Doctor.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 Clinical Dental tech


    Dont forget DR Fox.

    He's neither a doctor or a Fox!


    being serious i don't think the public care if they are being treated by a Dr or a Mr,Ms or Mrs as long as they have access to affordable, high quality oral health care.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Dont forget DR Fox.

    He's neither a doctor or a Fox!


    being serious i don't think the public care if they are being treated by a Dr or a Mr,Ms or Mrs as long as they have access to affordable, high quality oral health care.

    Seems to me many people go by word of mouth for things like choosing a dentist to attend. Would the dentists amongst us agree ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 Clinical Dental tech


    The best advertisement is a personal recommendation


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭harpsman


    Dont forget DR Fox.

    He's neither a doctor or a Fox!


    being serious i don't think the public care if they are being treated by a Dr or a Mr,Ms or Mrs as long as they have access to affordable, high quality oral health care.
    Hes now done an Andrew Cole on it and likes to be called "Neil Fox"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    As I started this thread, I might jump back in here again.

    I went to the dentist (first time in 12 years) last week, and had a very positive experience indeed. Things have moved on a lot thankfully.

    I went to this dentist as the first place I booked tried to charge me €40 for the PPS check-up which according to the Dept of Social Protection manager I called, said should be free. That dentist couldn't even get his maths right - he told me they charge €70 for a checkup and as they only receive €33 from the state, he had to charge me the balance of €40. I hope he's better at dentistry than maths.

    That left a bad taste, and so I picked the lady near me and she was terribly nice and professional.

    What's practice out there in dentist-land I wonder - do people charge/get charged for the PPS 'free' checkup?

    FdP


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    no!

    as regards the title of the thread, the only time i've heard the dr term used was in the college when we all refered to the supervisors as dr...
    It was the 'norm' when i started and i doubt it's altered since. if you were a student on continuous assessment would you chance a 'could you look at this paddy' to your supervisor. i'm sure the supervisors felt a bit ridiculous but for some it may have boosted their egos.
    my diagnosis
    now ffs you've got your 'free' exam, you've been given very accurate info re the dr thing.......
    my treatment plan
    cop on and find another crusade:eek:

    i cant believe i got sucked into this shoite..........apologies oral surgeon i'm a complete hypocrite:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    Not sure if you're referring to me there.

    I am not 'fighting a cause', I am asking legitimate questions as a layman.

    The exam is not 'free' as it comes out of my taxes.

    FdP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Dianthus


    FdP, Digzy writing 'free' with apostrophes is quite different to Digzy writing the word free with no apostrophes....
    You're quite entitled to ask legitimate questions as a layman.
    Re the charging extra for PPS checkups, just ring around a few practices& ask directly; mystery solved.
    Re the "Dr Vs Mr" dilemma, why not go straight to the source& ring the General Dental Council in the UK, or the Irish Dental Council here; both regulatory bodies.
    You first posted here on the 28th February. It's now the 8th of March.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    Hi Dianthus,

    It was the 'cop on' thing I found bad form.

    "You're quite entitled to ask legitimate questions as a layman."

    Indeed, I know.

    "Re the charging extra for PPS checkups, just ring around a few practice& ask directly; mystery solved."

    I assume most don't charge - so this one was a profiteer I'll also assume.

    "Re the "Dr Vs Mr" dilemma, why not go straight to the source& ring the General Dental Council in the UK, or the Irish Dental Council here; both regulatory bodies."

    Guidelines are only that and don't always reflect the views of those on the ground, and there are obviously differences of opinion, even among dentists, it seems.

    "You first posted here on the 28th February. It's now the 8th of March."

    There is no limit to threads I reckon.

    Anyway, you'll also note my generally very positive experience. I have no axe to grind with dentists. I'd ask the same questions of any profession - dentists were just one I haven't had to deal with in years.

    FdP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Dianthus


    That dentist may be a profiteer, but he couldn't be one unless people(patients) were paying him for his services. So we'll assume, as people are clearly paying over the odds, that he's either very good looking& charming, or-whisper it- a very good dentist indeed!? (He could even be both)
    There's been numerous opinions proferred, those opinions have been proven to vary amongst posters....so repeating the questions originally asked still isn't going to bring a definitive conclusion.
    Threads can continue ad infinitum; it's just nice to see a bit of variety in the posts, is all!
    And on a final note, no quibbles with an enquiring mind ;)
    Glad you'd a good experience after a long dental sabattical.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Honestly...who cares? It's a name. :confused:


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    Not sure if you're referring to me there.

    I am not 'fighting a cause', I am asking legitimate questions as a layman.

    The exam is not 'free' as it comes out of my taxes.

    FdP

    how about those of us who pay it and dont get the free dental/optical exam.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    Not sure if you're referring to me there.

    I am not 'fighting a cause', I am asking legitimate questions as a layman.

    The exam is not 'free' as it comes out of my taxes.

    FdP

    digzy wrote: »
    how about those of us who pay it and dont get the free dental/optical exam.

    Mmmm, so some of my taxes are going towards paying for your free exam and I'm not even entitled to the same free exam...:confused::confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 Clinical Dental tech


    Fdp should get out of the opposite side of the bed tomorrow because he's obviously got out of the wrong side today :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    digzy wrote: »
    how about those of us who pay it and dont get the free dental/optical exam.

    That's an issue for you to discuss with the Revenue or your TD, nothing to do with me I'm afraid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    That's an issue for you to discuss with the Revenue or your TD, nothing to do with me I'm afraid.

    maybe i'll open a thread in 'consumer issues' moaning about it. keep on asking the same question over and over even though i know the answer already and getting my question answered on numerous occasions by other posters:D


  • Advertisement
Advertisement