Seems like one of the side effects here is that a lot of people got dental work that wouldn't have otherwise done so. Isn't that a positive outcome worth someth

Seems like one of the side effects here is that a lot of people got dental work that wouldn't have otherwise done so. Isn't that a positive outcome worth something? If it's worth about as much (to the patients, and to society) as what was paid, maybe it wasn't as wasteful as at first blush?