Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Look around, a lot.
+1,000
My old family dentist always said that everything was juuuust fiiiiine. He retired, everyone in the family found new dentists, and our mouths all needed attention! The new dentists were shocked at our dental health. (OK, maybe it's kinda like when the new barber makes fun of your hair, but still.)
On the other hand, I've heard of dentists who... maybe blur the line between the sales and the medical aspects of their job description. Since some dentistry is cosmetic or elective, it gets even more confusing.
Maybe a dentist hasn't kept up on technology since he graduated 25 years ago and there are better options out there that even he hasn't heard of. Here's kind of a related example: a family member of mine had a brain tumor. His doctor said they would do some invasive stuff that I won't even bother to describe, and then it would be 1 or 2 years before he would learn to walk again. He had another doctor look at the scans, he did the surgery through his nostril and he was home in a few days!
No one should ever get the impression that I am anti-medicine. It's just that we're all human and even doctors make mistakes.