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A Wisconsin dentist was found guilty of healthcare fraud and other charges after he intentionally damaged his patients’ teeth to boost profits, raking in millions from his scheme.
This is scary! I was feeling glad I have a dentist I trust till I realized all of this guy's patients trusted him too. He only got caught when he sold his practice and the new owners figured out what he'd been doing.
No doubt there is more of this. I don't trust many dentists after one tried to fill a loose tooth on my daughter when she was little. I refused to pay for it. He never let the parent come in the back.
My wife had a dentist like this many years ago. When I used him once, I discovered he was a "drill and fill" guy. Took x-rays, and tried to convince you that EVERY single tooth blemish or oddness needed drilling and filling, and I refused to let him do anything to me. I made her dump him, and he's long out of business now as word got around. However, it wasn't soon enough before he ruined teeth she never had a problem with before.
If one has dental insurance ie they can pay yes a dentist might be prone to suggest a few more procedure. And like any other profession I'm sure there are those there for paydays only. In the old days of snail mail heard dentist in particular like to stretch things out over several visits to make sure insurance pays and then bill extra for something they did on each visit. Half dozen visits for a root canal?
Sounds like fix something break something which is an attitude many members of a trade union push ie job security.
There have been multiple occasions when I thought my dentist was too eager to cap my teeth, even when a filling would do the job. The convenient aspect is they can't be viewed with X-rays, so if a minor cavity is spotted at the base of a cap they have to replace the entire cap. It's a sweet deal for dentists.
I wouldn't be surprised if my dentist did the same thing many years ago when I was a teenager. He did the same thing to my brother's teeth. I would go in for a checkup and he would say that he saw another cavity or two that needed filling.
Hell, I don't think that he ever took an X-ray to confirm anything. He just looked at my teeth and said I had a cavity that needed filling. How was I supposed to know any different? This was back in a time when you didn't question an authority figure... and dentists were considered as experts and not to be questioned. Needless to say, I have a far different view of doctors and dentists today.
Geez. Back in the olden days, dentists would advise clueless people in their 20s even, that they needed to have ALL their teeth pulled, healthy or not. And get dentures! Can you imagine!
I hear the denture business is slowly going away as elaborate tooth repair is more and more common.
I was impressed that the dentist here said I only needed my front teeth crowned when I was willing to do several (for looks). The fronts were cracked and needed it. I appreciated his honesty.
A few years ago I was at a dentist for an emergency visit for a broken tooth. After that was fixed, the dentist claimed I had 6 cavities. I did not believe him and refused to get them filled. I had a cleaning a few months ago and there were no cavities. Things that make you go hhmmm.
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