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    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 21 22:46:50 2019
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/

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  • From Frank <"frank@21:1/5 to Ant on Mon Apr 22 09:00:49 2019
    On 4/21/2019 11:46 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/


    Dentists are not the only medical professionals guilty of this. I have
    seen it in a couple of MD's I used to see.

    Mentioned my wife's root canal here and looking for a new dentist she
    ran into one like this. He had a ton of stuff he wanted to do like 3
    crowns, one to cap the root canal. The dentist she chose only capped
    the one with the root canal which was all that was needed.

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  • From Vaughn Simon@21:1/5 to Ant on Mon Apr 22 12:58:02 2019
    On 4/21/2019 11:46 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/

    That's a long article that could be boiled down to two words "avoid over-treatment". In my experience, "No nonsense" dentists aren't all
    that hard to find, but perhaps I've just been lucky.

    As the article implies, over-treatment might be hard for the average
    dental patent to detect. If your dentist is always trying to sell you something, you might have the wrong dentist.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Vaughn Simon on Tue May 14 02:34:18 2019
    On 4/22/2019 9:58 AM, Vaughn Simon wrote:
    On 4/21/2019 11:46 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/


    That's a long article that could be boiled down to two words "avoid over-treatment".  In my experience, "No nonsense" dentists aren't all
    that hard to find, but perhaps I've just been lucky.

    As the article implies, over-treatment might be hard for the average
    dental patent to detect.  If your dentist is always trying to sell you something, you might have the wrong dentist.


    I deal with this by ALWAYS getting a 2nd opinion, or even more.

    Then I compare and contrast the recommendations. One will be
    more conservative, or require less treatment. That's usually the dentist
    I will trust, both to do the needed work, and for future visits.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed May 15 22:39:44 2019
    On Monday, 22 April 2019 09:16:56 UTC+5:30, Ant wrote:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat May 18 19:14:55 2019
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    On Monday, 22 April 2019 09:16:56 UTC+5:30, Ant wrote:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/
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