Dentists Are Doctors
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I was disappointed, and surprised, when reading your Dec. 29 article, “Medical-Waste Mess Leads to Fees for Health Professionals,” to learn that The Times apparently does not know that a dentist is a doctor.
A veterinarian is also a doctor, as well as numerous other professionally trained people. The title “doctor” is a generic term not intended to be used to exclusively indicate a medical doctor (physician).
Your consistent use of the phrase “doctors and dentists” is incorrect, benighted and offensive to all professionals authorized to use the title “doctor.” The correct phrase, “physicians and dentists” should have been used.
RALPH W. CORRELL
Westminster
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