Apply for Dentistry And Dental Surgery As A Career In Nigeria

I have seen many Nigerian students that crave to be doctors,
many ladies want to marry doctors, parents want their
children to be called doctors, little wonder why many
pastors, artisans, musicians, teachers have adopted this title
as honourary. The question is who then is a doctor?
In Nigeria a doctor is a title given to any of the following:
1)Person who has obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree
PhD
2)Person who is a graduate of medicine
3)Person who is a graduate of dentistry
4)Person who is a graduate of veterinary medicine
5)Person who has obtained a doctorate degree such as LLD,
OD, Pharm.D, Doctor of Psychology etc
However, only graduates of medicine and dentistry carry the
traditional sense of the word 'doctor' as health care
providers.
Let me summarize what dentistry is all about first before
going into details;
Dentists are doctors that treat diseases of the oral cavity, its
structures and related structures. They are trained in a
university for a period of six years; four or five (depending
on the school) of these years will be spent together with the
students of medicine. After which newly inducted dentists
undergo one year of compulsory internship and another year
of NYSC, then register with the Medical and Dental Council
of Nigeria (MDCN) before they can practice. They are
automatically members of Nigerian Medical Association
(NMA) and Nigerian Dental Association (NDA) upon
graduation. They can specialize in a number of specialties
with a residency programme similar to that of graduates of
medicine under the supervision of Faculty of Dental Surgery
of National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria or that
of West African College of Surgeons and become fellows
(consultants) in their chosen fields and automatically
become members of Medical and Dental Consultants
Association of Nigeria (MDCAN). As a dentist you are
entitled to whatever your counterparts that studied medicine
are entitled to and you are paid with the same salary scale
except for specialists that get special allowances depending
on the field and other part time jobs that anyone may decide
to take.
As a dental student you begin to feel special right from
school because you belong to the Faculty of Dentistry/
Dental sciences.
If you are about to take JAMB/pre-degree/Direct entry form
this may be what you need just sit down and relax as I take
you round the world of dentistry.
Comments, observations and questions are allowed, thanks.
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