American dentist have much more medical school training than Mexican dentists. American dentist have a doctors degree.
Educational Requirements to Become a Dentist: Dentists must have a license in order to practice and students must attend and graduate from a dental school that has been accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation to be eligible for licensure. Along with completing a program, students must also pass exams. Many students enter a dentistry school after completing a bachelor's degree program in a related subject.
Oral And Maxillofacial surgeons would have to have an MD degree...at least I cannot imagine they don't need one.
Dentists are allowed to write prescriptions....but it is a special allowance and only covers antibiotics, anti inflammatory drugs and very limited amounts of pain meds. If they were MDs they could prescribe anything at all.
In Juarez you can pay a quack MD a few bucks and s/he will write a script for anything...even something as powerful as Fentanyl. There was a stoopid girl in this town that got some Fentanyl patches and poked holes in the membrane and dripped drops of it onto her tongue....she fell over stone cold dead....what an idiot.
Dentist only complete Dentist school & have limited medical knowledge related to their profession. Oral Surgeons hold MD License as well and choose Oral Surgery as their specialty. When General Dentist try to cross the line and do as surgeons do like putting people completely under with IV’s bad things can happen. Be leary of a Dentist wanting to do things beyond their job description.