[homintern]

Tell that to Dr. Einstein! Albert, that is.

I'm not sure I'd want Dr Kissinger performing a rectal procedure on me

[Geezer]

“And because of the status that is associated with the title of Doctor, Americans consider it to be in very poor taste to call yourself "Doctor Smith" or "Dr. Jones" if you only possess a doctorate in some non-medicalfield.”

Of course there is no dearth of chiropractors, secondary education hacks, etc, etc seeking to inflate their status with the term, “Doctor“. A fascinating case walks among us here in Pattaya.

Dr. Basel Wainwright introduced himself, and gave his card to me at Mignon in Jomtien. A glance at the card activated my Charlatan Alert. I could hardly wait to get home and Google the good Doctor.

Wow! I had been in the presence of a celebrity.

http://www.truthaboutbasilwainwright.com/

[dave_syd]

seems to be just a case of snobbery, a bit like military (or ex-military) people insisting on being referred to by their military rank, even by civillians

[fattman]

Police Lt. Taksin jumps to mind, followed by Major Duff, and The Colonel. As for me, I insist on keeping my Privates to myself

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

How well are the instruments cleaned by these dentist.I hear rave reviews of the dentistry here in Thailand...but. I get my teeth cleaned twice a year in the states and theres always some blood involved.The worst diseases are blood born,hep c,hiv. If the prices are so low,are they reusing stuff that should be thrown out? In Egypt a few years back,they reused syringes for an immunity shot and over a million people now have hep c.

yes, they are scrupulously clean, have the latest equipment and often more up to date with the latest trends than western dentists.

Or go to Budapest where the deals are slightly better than Thailand.

[mahjongguy]

Tell that to Dr. Einstein! Albert, that is.

Einstein was German and was accustomed to being called Doctor, so when he was in the States many may have done so in respect. An exception for an exceptional man.

Kissinger is Mister Kissinger, although it is legit to call him Secretary Kissinger or Mister Secretary.

The US is not Italy, where you flatter everyone who ever attended university by calling them Dottore.

Some chiropractors in the US really are doctors, in that they have a medical license, but most are just deluded physical therapists.

The purpose of this verbal distinction in America is that only licensed Doctors can prescribe medicine. It is a powerful difference and thus their status. This takes us back to thread. In the US a dentist must be a real doctor first, because he needs to possess and inject drugs like Procaine and write prescriptions for antibiotics and such. This results in somewhat higher costs for dentistry but it eliminates a lot of quacks.

[homintern]

Kissinger is Mister Kissinger, although it is legit to call him Secretary Kissinger or Mister Secretary.

Ah yes, this bizarre notion that the US has of bestowing life-time titles on people, however short a time they held the office. No-one outside the US would dream (at least in polite society) of addressing him as anything but Dr Kissinger, as "Henry Kissinger received his B.A. degree summa cum laude at Harvard College in 1950, where he studied under William Yandell Elliott.[3] He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University in 1952 and 1954, respectively." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger )

[Marsilius]

Kissinger is Mister Kissinger, although it is legit to call him Secretary Kissinger or Mister Secretary.

Ah yes, this bizarre notion that the US has of bestowing life-time titles on people, however short a time they held the office.

As far as I can discern, this weird practice extends to carrying on calling ex-heads of state "President X" or "Mr President". At least in the UK we know that ex-heads of state become merely the Duke of Windsor or whatever.

[homintern]

At least in the UK we know that ex-heads of state become merely the Duke of Windsor or whatever.

Aha, that explains why Lunchtime O'Booze is sometimes known as Doris Whatever

[mahjongguy]

[quote]Ah yes, this bizarre notion that the US has...[quote]

Bizarre? It's just a cultural difference. Something we do that you don't. No more bizarre than awarding titles through purchase.

[homintern]

Bizarre? It's just a cultural difference. Something we do that you don't. No more bizarre than awarding titles through purchase.

That's a complete slander on my father and Lloyd George. Please apologise immediately

[Marsilius]

Ah yes, this bizarre notion that the US has...

Bizarre? It's just a cultural difference. Something we do that you don't. No more bizarre than awarding titles through purchase.

Aren't most US ambassadors - a nice title, "Mr Ambassador" - people who have got the post by being donors to the winning President's election campaign? If so, it sounds very much like purchasing a title to me!

[brighton man]

Does anyone know the approx price of implants ?

[homintern]

Does anyone know the approx price of implants ?

You want to implant a dentist?

[TrongpaiExpat]

I have never had an implant but I go here and they seem to do a lot of implants. www.promjaidental.com/

For an implant I would not just walk in some dentist office but would think it better to go to one of the clinics or better yet one of the clinics attached to a hospital.

I have had a lot of procedures where they tell me current research has revealed it is best to prep the tooth and then take antibiotics and wait a month or more to finish the tooth or do procedures in slow steps rather than all at once.