It's really only an accident of history. This Atlantic piece goes into it: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/why-dentistry-is-separated-from-me

It's really only an accident of history. This Atlantic piece goes into it: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/why-dentistry-is-separated-from-medicine/518979/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/why-denti...