Americans are getting dental implants more than ever — and at costs reaching tens of thousands of dollars. Experts worry some dentists have lost sight of the soul of dentistry: preserving and fixing teeth.
  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 hour ago

    Weird that two things are happening at once:

    • Private equity is buying out dentists…

    • Dentists are increasingly doing highly immoral shit, with long term consequences for their patients, in favor of short term profit boost.

    These two points aren’t related AT ALL, but just figured I’d limit to one post to save space.

  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
    9·
    9 hours ago

    I had a dentist in Canada tell me all my front teeth needed to be removed, implants for the top and dentures for the bottom. I was 27. I’m now 38, still have all of those teeth he’d said needed replacing. The next dentist I saw was absolutely floored when I told her what he’d advised me to do. And if he hadn’t been such a condescending asshole, just a little bit more understanding that not everyone can afford consistent dental care… well…I’d probably have gone and had him do it.