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546 sats \ 13 replies \ @siggy47 17 Aug \ on: What professions are the scammiest? AskSN
Dentists
Bingo!!!! I had so many issues with dentist! When they say ohhh I think we should drill on your tooth before it becomes a problem. Has lead to me seeing the drill more times than I needed.
I call it drilling for gold!
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Yeah which has always gotten me to side with them. I would rationalize getting my mouth drilled on because I would say to myself they are the experts.
My dentist now wants to redo a crown because it might become a problem in the future. I told him I’ll think about it soon as I feel pain. Going on 3 years since he recommended this service and the tooth is doing just fine.
I'm always very suspicious about dentists. So when my dentist said I grinded my teeth and recommended a mouthguard four years ago, I ignored it. Then, a few months ago one of my teeth died because I ground it too much and had to get it extracted. sigh
I still don't trust them though
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My dentist complains about his wife's gambling problem
When he found a cavity, it definitely got me wondering...
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i've been lucky with my dental experience, but I can totally see how their financial incentive is to do as much work as can be billed for
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This is my second option, dentists or doctors. For me, 80 or 85% are scammers, 10% work for social and family pressure (surely the family legacy). And 5% when many are the survivors. true believers of the oath of Hippocrates.
The rest follow is Hippocrita's teachings. Similar, but it is not the same.
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A friend of mine had dental insurance. He went to a new dentist, who told him that he had a bunch of cavities - like 7 or something.
Instead of fixing them all at once, or at least in one or two batches, the dentist had him come 7 separate times. That way the dental insurance could be billed for the absolute maximum possible.
I also doubt that he had all the cavities that the dentist claimed.
Another story - I went to my dentist for a regular checkup (back before I was cynical enough). She said that I needed a root canal. I said, "Oh, that's the tooth you just put a filling in last year, right?" The dentist checks her records, and says, "Oh, right. You don't need a root canal". That was decades ago, and that tooth hasn't bothered me. So, clearly, she would have given me a root canal, just to benefit her bottom line.
I think the MAJORITY of dentist are scam artists.
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