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• What do the Initials Mean?
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What do the initials DDS, DMD and MS mean?
The initials DDS stand for Doctor of Dental Surgery. The initials
DMD stand for Doctor of Dental Medicine. Both sets of initials indicate
the degree awarded upon graduation from dental school, and all general
(family) dentists and specialists have earned one of these equivalent
degrees. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by
the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Generally, four years of undergraduate education plus four years of
dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist.
State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both
degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general
dentistry.
To become a specialist in orthodontics requires additional postgraduate
training. After finishing college, earning a DDS degree, and becoming
a general (family) dentist, Dr. Hendrix spent an additional three
years in graduate level training and was awarded a joint Master of
Science degree (MS) and Certificate in Orthodontics. It is this extra
clinical and didactic training that distinguishes Dr. Hendrix as a
Specialist in Orthodontics.
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