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Re: Do dentists know what they're doing?

Worth to note here that in the US, the rapid rise of private-equity-owned Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) has institutionalized strict daily production targets for employed dentists.

This corporate structure leads to "overdiagnosis" and vastly more complex procedures than necessary

Related investigations:

[0] https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/oral-health/u-s-investigatio...

[1] https://www.ovid.com/journals/jaim/abstract/10.1001/jamainte...

[2] https://youtu.be/IEMQIldQKak

rickdeckard, 18 hours ago
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