Vegetarian dentists
Added: January 02, 2005 - 2:05 PM
By: Patient Email Withheld, Boston, MA
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Case Summary
Teeth:
Last Full Mouth X-Ray: November 2004
Last Cleaning: November 2004
Case Description
I would like to find one or more all-vegetarian dentists. I work in Boston and am a well-connected vegan with whom a great many vegetarians and vegans consult. One of the most frequent questions I entertain from such vegetarians (called veg*ans to identify the ambiguity that some vegetarians are total vegans) is, "Where can I find a vegetarian physician? a vegetarian dentist? a vegetarian specialist?"
Such vegetarians might come from the pool of dentists from India, from parts of Asia, or even from Europe, South or Central America, Canada, or the USA.
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