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Dental profession has a rampant fraud problem in general. Personally know many dentists who scare people to upsell unnecessary procedures, extractions etc.
by nextworddev 2y ago
Dental profession has a rampant fraud problem in general. Personally know many dentists who scare people to upsell unnecessary procedures, extractions etc.
- azinman2 2y agoThe biggest problem is the cost of education. People have loans to repay, and then don’t take time to apprentice like they used to. In dentistry this leads to a lot of unnecessary work. In medicine this leads to very short appointments, and fewer doctors.
- nextworddev 2y agoWe should not blame “cost of education” to justify fraud especially for healthcare related things. There’s a line, don’t cross it
- johnchristopher 2y agoThough I believe the cost of education isn't the only explanation I also think it's unwise to ignore systemic problems, blaming and prosecuting individuals won't make them disappear.
- azinman2 2y agoThis is literally from talking to (good) dentists about the state of the industry and intrinsic motivations. I’m hardly justifying fraud - but that doesn’t tell you the “why” when it’s widespread.
- daft_pink 2y agoMy education was expensive and our industry hasn’t turned into that.
- azinman2 2y agoDid you have to pay for grad school on top of undergrad?
- nextworddev 2y agoNewsflash: getting an expensive grad degree was your choice and doesn’t justify committing healthcare fraud
- azinman2 2y agoAgain, never said it was justified.
- kolbe 2y agoHow does this argument square with them driving a $150k BMW?
- ThinkingGuy 2y agoOne explanation I've read is that fluoridation of drinking water plus improved dental hygiene in general has decreased the average number of cavities in the population, driving dentists to pursue other income sources, such as cosmetic procedures (my last dentists was always trying to push Invisilign on me).
- causal 2y agoNew dentist keeps trying to push Invisalign on my family, thinking about switching for that reason alone. Haven't needed braces my whole life and suddenly I'm getting a sales pitch about all the terrible things Invisalign could prevent.
- kolbe 2y agoAgreed. I gave up on trying to navigate the fraud. I've gone once in the past 15 years because my wife begged me to. I have yet to regret it whatsoever.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoLock them up. Medical fraud of all types should be punished with extreme prejudice.
- rustcleaner 2y agoPerfect! Then their prison jobs could be to provide that dental care to impoverished state health program patients! (Or else they get beat with a SHU.)