Editing Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (section)

==The Harvard Origin (Etymology)==
The existence of two different titles for the same profession is rooted in 19th-century academic tradition. 
* In 1867, '''[[Harvard University]]''' established its dental school. 
* Harvard's policy required all degree titles to be expressed in Latin. 
* The Latin translation of "Doctor of Dental Surgery" (''Chirurgae Dentium Doctor'') was considered ungrammatical or phonetically displeasing by the faculty.
* They instead created the title '''Dentariae Medicinae Doctor''' (Doctor of Dental Medicine), abbreviated as **DMD**.

Since that time, many other universities—particularly those with a strong emphasis on the medical integration of dentistry—have adopted the DMD title.