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You might be surprised that treatment recommendations vary dramatically from one dentist office to the next. [1] I am glad to know this about X-rays as well- it
by gregwebs 2y ago
You might be surprised that treatment recommendations vary dramatically from one dentist office to the next. [1] I am glad to know this about X-rays as well- it’s probably a useful indicator that if X-rays are not overprescribed the dentist will more likely not over treat. And if they react defensively to being told you want to follow the ADA guidelines that’s probably a sign they don’t think about whether they are over treating.
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https://www.rd.com/article/how-honest-are-dentists/ https://www.rd.com/article/how-honest-are-dentists/
- bradfa 2y agoMy old dentist retired a few years ago. She had been excellent, in my opinion. The dentist who bought out her practice comes from the school of thought that bitewing x-rays are required every year. I generally decline to have the x-rays done every year, instead opting for every 2ish years cadence. Feels like now I have even more justification to delay future x-rays. And thanks for the Readers Digest article. A bit of a blast from the past with that publication for me but well written and clearly makes its point about the inconsistencies of dental practice.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoTwo stories. 1) Just yesterday I went to a an acclaimed dental school (UNC) for low cost dental care. They not only gave me a panoramic x ray but also a full set of bite-wing x rays. I read this and I want to break the world apart this morning. 2) When I was a child I kep needing root canals. It turned out our dentist was making these all up and was later found passed out from laughing gas in his office.
- ein0p 2y agoI strongly suspect my dentist is making shit up, too. I had to refuse a couple of expensive treatments. The main goal seems to be to “use up” my dental insurance more than anything.
- fazeirony 2y agothis is it right here - 'use up your dental insurance'.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoAnd it is the biggest reason we need universal healthcare.
- ap99 2y agoI would say education is a more appealing solution to this problem than universal health care. People similarly get unnecessary work done on their car to boost dealership profits. Do you want to create a government agency to budget how much we can all spend on car repairs and then take it out of our taxes?
- ambicapter 2y agoThe difference here is we're talking about a person's health, not their motor vehicle, so a different calculus is in play.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThis is not about education, it is about morality. So maybe they do need an education, but let that be in empathy and moralilty. And why can't we have education AND universal healthcare? I want a government agnecy (the people) to control the morality of corporations and private equity. Like we have laws against fraud already that protects us from "unnecessary work done on their car to boost dealership profits". Adding still, why would anyone be against universal healthcare? I mean it is the biggest insurance pool you can create and that immediately lowers costs.
- dh2022 2y agoooh, dentists are very well educated in empathy and morality. They even have to take an ethical oath before they get their license. So is not lack of education, is greed and maybe a ton of student debt (or both).
- djeastm 2y ago>When I was a child I kep needing root canals. It turned out our dentist was making these all up Uhh.. dude should've been in jail for that imo