Dentist
How to Address a Dentist
Dentists are correctly addressed as surgeons and should be addressed as follows (unless additional qualifications allow their title to be that of Doctor):
| Beginning of letter | Dear Mr Jones; Dear Mrs/Miss/Ms Jones |
| Envelope | William Jones, Esq, FDS RCS*; Mrs Mary Jones, FDS RCS* |
| In conversation | Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Jones |
Additional Qualifications
Dentists with additional qualifications (e.g. DChD, FDS RCS) are usually addressed as a doctor, in which case they should be addressed as follows:
| Beginning of letter | Dear Dr Faulkes |
| Envelope | Dr Petra Faulkes, DChD, FDS RCS* |
| In conversation | Dear Dr Faulkes |
* The order of letters denoting medical qualifications after the individual's name should be placed in the correct order.
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