Why do dentists and medical doctors exist in separate professions?

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Are there dramatic physiological differences between teeth/gums and the rest of the body? Or is it just tradition?

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When these professions were starting to get taken seriously rather than barbers moonlighting as surgeons, dentists were left out and were not taken seriously as ‘real’ medical professionals. This result in dentists forming their own professional institutions on their own.

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