> The real issue is that licensing and tuition for dentists is too restrictive. The guilds have designed professions that pay well. Over-education is not requi

> The real issue is that licensing and tuition for dentists is too restrictive. The guilds have designed professions that pay well. Over-education is not required for most of their tasks, so the grunt work is passed off to inexpensive hygienists/nurse practitioners/etc. The Arizona legislature has been considering allowing dental hygienists (er, "therapists") to work independent of their DDS overlords, but the dentists have been fighting back: https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/health/2017/01/23/push-for-dental-therapy-in-arizona-stalls-amid-legislative-resistance/96836364/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/health/2017/0...