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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who


practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the
study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients and methods of
treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing
and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general
practice.[3] Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic
disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—
the science of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or craft of
medicine.

Dentist

A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a surgeon who specializes in dentistry, the diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting
team aids in providing oral health services. The dental team includes dental assistants, dental
hygienists, dental technicians, and in some states, dental therapists.

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