undefined | Better HN

0 pointspatmcc1y ago0 comments

>>>I can only assume it's dogma or an opportunity to bill insurance for costly unnecessary surgery.

This may be specific to location, but would it be the same dentist recommending the treatment as performing the surgery? Here (BC, Canada) everyone I've known who's had wisdom teeth removed had it done by a specialist, not the dentist that suggested it (which presumably cuts down on self-serving recommendations).

0 comments

lesuorac1y ago

I mean not if the dentist refers them to a specialist. Usually that involves a kickback; there's a whole slew of problems with that in the US with lactation specialists referring parents to dentists over a tongue tie problem without actually viewing the baby.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointspatmcc1y ago0 comments

>>>I can only assume it's dogma or an opportunity to bill insurance for costly unnecessary surgery.

0 comments

lesuorac1y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse