alt Hacker NewsMy experience is that there is a huge difference in skill set and knowledge between different dentists. If you suspect your dentist is causing problems, or if your cleaning sessions are painful, then switch.
You'd like to think they are all equally competent trained professionals, but that is not the case.
I'm sure the same is true of doctors too.
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>I'm sure the same is true of doctors too.
And police officers, teachers, race car drivers, and engineers too. There is an implicit assumption that most professionals all meet some unified bar of competency but that is far too often not the case. Like most anyone else, dentists and doctors are out to get as much money as they can for as little work as possible, and that is the system we currently endure.
When I find someone who gladly tells me I don't stuff to pay for, I keep their number. On the other hand, it's getting more and more difficult to find an AC repair guy who isn't trying to sell me a new unit every maintenance visit.
Half of all dentists graduated in the bottom half of their class.
> I'm sure the same is true of doctors too.
Dentists are doctors.
This is a lesson we should teach early and often:
Doctors, Lawyers, Dentists, CEOs can be idiots and may not know what they are doing. I hope the last vestiges of unquestioned authority and decision making in medical settings will be gone for the next generation.