I hate to say it, but I do not believe that most dentists are honest. Have you heard of the Readers Digest dentist investigation? In any other field it would have been a come-to-Jesus moment, prompting total reform, but the industry escaped with a mountain of PR and no change. That was nearly thirty years ago. Since then, median gross dentists' billings have increased significantly. Support for evidence-based, low-intervention dentistry is practically nonexistent in the US.
my dental school is pretty big on evident based dentistry. Many dentists I works with often refer to researches and guidelines. Even dentists arguing with each other on the internet quote researches. So I think it is getting better.
This is the same country that thinks it’s okay to dock tails on corgis, to remove foreskin on babies who aren’t lucky enough to be born in a west coast blue state, and pushes “ferberization” on hundreds of millions of children to remind them that their parents don’t want to take care of them if they cry when it’s inconvenient. I’m not even bringing up the literal scams of chiropractors or “naturopathic” doctors.
We are a disgusting, cruel people. Finland or Sweden would lock up (in cushy prison camps) the white coats for a fraction of what they get away with here in the USA
