According to the American Dental Association (ADA) taxonomy, a dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (DDS) or dental medicine (DMD) licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. General practice dentists are general practitioners who handle a wide variety of dental needs. Other dentists practice in one of the nine specialty areas recognized by the ADA. For our purposes, the Dentist, General Practice, and Pediatric Dentistry categories constitute primary care while dentists in the other specialty areas are specialits
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