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0 pointsPfhreak9y ago0 comments

Those annual checkups and cleanings demonstrably reduce the incidence of catastrophesome. People will get fewer checkups if they need to pay for them. Seems like a win win to me...

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dsacco9y ago· 1 in thread

>> Those annual checkups and cleanings demonstrably reduce the incidence of catastrophes.

There is strong evidence that they actually do not.[1]

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http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article...

brianwawok9y ago

For teeth it clearly does. Way easier to fill a tiny cavity then do a root canal. For medical your article is likely right.

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