A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones

Re:A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you ex... by dennis_jeeves2 on Friday November 01, 2024 @03:03PM (#42020407)

> I am sure most of the dentists are honest.

Honest but incompetent. For example most wisdom tooth removals are not necessary, but because (I think) it was taught at dental school most would recommend it.

To be fair this is not a dentists' only problem, it's true for every profession.

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Re:A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you ex... by loocsinus on Friday November 01, 2024 @04:51PM (#42021437)

they didn't teach us to remove every wisdom teeth in dental school. also your assertion that "most wisdom teeth removal are not necessary" does not fit my observations.

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Re:A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you ex... by dennis_jeeves2 on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:24PM (#42021698)

> every wisdom teeth

Did I use the word 'every'?

>most wisdom teeth removal are not necessary" does not fit my observations.

This does not fit in with the anecdotes I have and personal experiences.

Also 2 people user here has commented on wisdom tooth removals :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42019210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42017899

So where do you think is the discrepancy in what you have observed and what 3 users on this forum have commented on?

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Re:A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you ex... by loocsinus on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:50PM (#42021907)

I respect your opinion. The fact that I have extracted (and not extracted) more wisdom teeth than 3 of you means nothing to this argument is what worries me the most: Dentists have lost patients trust. I am no longer a trustworthy expert. So sad.

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