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While most dentists are ethical, the practice of going with more profitable procedures, materials or appliances is not new. In 2013, a Washington dentist writing in an American Dental Association publication lamented a pattern of “creative diagnosis.”

Why your dentist might seem pushy While most dentists are ethical, the practice of going with more profitable procedures, materials or appliances is not new. In 2013, a Washington dentist writing in an American Dental Association publication lamented a pattern of “creative diagnosis.” Written By: Daryl Austin / Kaiser Health News | 7:55 am, May 20, 2021 × "Hundreds of thousands of dental procedures are performed safely and effectively on a daily basis," says Dr. Dave...

While most dentists are ethical, the practice of going with more profitable procedures, materials or appliances is not new. In 2013, a Washington dentist writing in an American Dental Association publication lamented a pattern of “creative diagnosis.”

While most dentists are ethical, the practice of going with more profitable procedures, materials or appliances is not new. In 2013, a Washington dentist writing in an American Dental Association publication lamented a pattern of “creative diagnosis.”

Why your dentist might seem pushy In 1993, Dr. David Silber, a dentist now practicing in Plano, Texas, was fired from the first dental clinic he worked for. He’d been assigned to a patient another dentist had scheduled for a crown preparation — a metal or porcelain cap for a broken or decayed tooth. However, Silber found nothing wrong with the tooth, so he sent the patient home. He was fired later the same day. “Never send a patient away whos willing to pay the clinic money,” he was tol...

Resize icon A critical-care nurse in New York was the first person in the U.S. to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but the question of who else should be among the first to receive the vaccine is still being sorted out. Earlier this month, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a body of experts that provides guidance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on vaccine issues, recommended that health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be provided the vaccine in its...