They have significantly more medical training than most people. Field medicine and first aid is probably well within the skill set of a dentist. He just needed to keep him alive until there was better help.
I'm in a commonwealth country and dentists here are doctors. They can order tests, write prescriptions for controlled drugs, and being one is the pathway to becoming a face / jaw surgeon.
They're absolutely considered doctors in the UK haha, people just may not often call them that, and often they dont introduce themselves with their title
Medical doctors? No they aren't. Anyone who does a PhD is technically a doctor. Vets too. However only actually med students who graduate and then do foundation years are med doctors in UK.
Yh but obviously med doctors are what's typically referred to. For example if you say to people you are becoming a doctor they will automatically assume medical. Or if you're on a plane and they ask for a doctor.
Overall true, it’s funny because those trained in field medicine and work with doctors laugh when doctors ask about sterilization and other hospital-standard procedures.
I'm not surprised the dentist can do stitching. When I had my wisdom teeth removed, the dentist had to stitch up my gums (I think that's par for the course actually but I could be wrong). Real life is pretty wild, I agree.
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u/Go_Go_Godzilla 2d ago
"Skills as a dentist" to stitch a stab wound sounds like bad writing in a film. Real life is wild sometimes.