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phleshdef

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26. I don't believe many dentists think that way at all.

Reply to laundry_queen (Reply #18)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 03:33 PM

Jun 2012

Dentists make plenty of profits from preventative care. And I know my dentist recommends everything he can to prevent me from needing root canals/crowns/etc. If dentists were that bad, they wouldn't bother to treat minor cavities. They'd just let your teeth rot to the point of needing more expensive treatment.

Theres reasonable cynicism and then theres conspiratorial nonsense. I think what you just said matches the latter.

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I don't believe many dentists think that way at all. phleshdef Jun 2012 #26

LOL. laundry_queen Jun 2012 #28

I serously doubt it Dokkie Jun 2012 #33

Put together, your links sound kind of funny RZM Jun 2012 #32

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thanks for this Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #22

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