Is your Dentist a Salesman/Thief in Disguise?
Apart from drilling, filling and billing it seems the dentists’ creed should be modified to read drill, fill, bill and withhold. Of course withhold doesn’t rhyme so perhaps that makes it easier not to include it. And withhold they do, both from the creed and the patient.
What do they withhold, well almost anything that has to do with bolstering their profit or commission. They always try to pawn off the highest priced treatment they can, they over treat and I have even caught them cheating the insurance company. Most importantly they withhold valuable information that could dramatically improve your dental health.
Has your dentist ever recommended to that you floss daily? Yea it’s too bad it don’t rhyme with drill, fill and bill or we could work that in with the creed. Think about it, how does running a piece of string between your teeth, clean them. Well that doesn’t pass my common sense test so I decided to try a little experiment.
I bought a device called hydro floss; it is a water irrigator that passes the water through a magnet. Now this magnet thingy doesn’t pass my common sense test either but that wasn’t what led me to choose the device. The selling point for me was the very impressive results of a double blind study the manufacturer did.
My experiment was a simple one, I brushed and flossed as I regularly did then followed that with my first ever attempt at irrigation. There was so much junk that came out of my mouth that I immediately followed up with a second irrigation just to be sure I had gotten everything. Conclusion………….well you decide!
Now periodically I use a dental pick to check the effectiveness of the irrigator which helps me to identify area that might be hiding anything nasty. This helps me to guide the irrigator more efficiently around the teeth for an even better cleaning.
What about the tooth brush you use, has the dentist ever made any recommendations as to what you should use, that is aside from giving you one of the many samples he received from the last salesman’s visit?
Well if you are not using an ultra sonic of some kind you aren’t taking advantage of the best dental care you can give yourself. After I was told by my dentist that I had periodontal pockets (gums pulled away from the teeth) deeper than 4mm he suggested that I use a Sonicare brand brush. The results were fantastic, although I incurred some bone loss the pockets returned to almost normal and the bone loss stopped.
In my case I was lucky to get a dentist that did spread the word but I think you will find that a rare instance!
Let’s apply the old common sense test again; which tooth brush has the best opportunity to clean better? The manual one that you move at a rate of 3 or 4 strokes per second or the ultrasonic one which can do 200 or more strokes per second. You do the math!
What tooth paste does your dentist recommend, he hasn’t you say; neither have any that I have ever visited. Why do you suppose that is, their own organization, the ADA, has approved the only tooth paste that the FDA has approved as being effective in killing the bacteria that causes Gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal disease. Common sense test, you bet. Ill let you do this one, there is only one brand that’s FDA tested effective against the bacteria that causes gingivitis. This is a no brainer, right? Oh you want the name…….Colgate Total!
By the time we reach middle age it is said that 70 percent of us will have some level of periodontal disease and it’s no wonder since most of us have never so much as given a thought to this silent and painless disease. To make matters worse most of us have never been schooled nor given the proper training to help avoid the disease.
I really believe the dental profession would like to keep us in the dark about anything that could impact their bottom line. After all there is a lot of money in the treatment of periodontal disease.
I’m convinced that if you invest in the products that I recommend you have an excellent chance of avoiding what 70 or more percent of us have not when you get older. Oh and don’t forget the common sense test it is one of your most valuable tools!
What do they withhold, well almost anything that has to do with bolstering their profit or commission. They always try to pawn off the highest priced treatment they can, they over treat and I have even caught them cheating the insurance company. Most importantly they withhold valuable information that could dramatically improve your dental health.
Has your dentist ever recommended to that you floss daily? Yea it’s too bad it don’t rhyme with drill, fill and bill or we could work that in with the creed. Think about it, how does running a piece of string between your teeth, clean them. Well that doesn’t pass my common sense test so I decided to try a little experiment.
I bought a device called hydro floss; it is a water irrigator that passes the water through a magnet. Now this magnet thingy doesn’t pass my common sense test either but that wasn’t what led me to choose the device. The selling point for me was the very impressive results of a double blind study the manufacturer did.
My experiment was a simple one, I brushed and flossed as I regularly did then followed that with my first ever attempt at irrigation. There was so much junk that came out of my mouth that I immediately followed up with a second irrigation just to be sure I had gotten everything. Conclusion………….well you decide!
Now periodically I use a dental pick to check the effectiveness of the irrigator which helps me to identify area that might be hiding anything nasty. This helps me to guide the irrigator more efficiently around the teeth for an even better cleaning.
What about the tooth brush you use, has the dentist ever made any recommendations as to what you should use, that is aside from giving you one of the many samples he received from the last salesman’s visit?
Well if you are not using an ultra sonic of some kind you aren’t taking advantage of the best dental care you can give yourself. After I was told by my dentist that I had periodontal pockets (gums pulled away from the teeth) deeper than 4mm he suggested that I use a Sonicare brand brush. The results were fantastic, although I incurred some bone loss the pockets returned to almost normal and the bone loss stopped.
In my case I was lucky to get a dentist that did spread the word but I think you will find that a rare instance!
Let’s apply the old common sense test again; which tooth brush has the best opportunity to clean better? The manual one that you move at a rate of 3 or 4 strokes per second or the ultrasonic one which can do 200 or more strokes per second. You do the math!
What tooth paste does your dentist recommend, he hasn’t you say; neither have any that I have ever visited. Why do you suppose that is, their own organization, the ADA, has approved the only tooth paste that the FDA has approved as being effective in killing the bacteria that causes Gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal disease. Common sense test, you bet. Ill let you do this one, there is only one brand that’s FDA tested effective against the bacteria that causes gingivitis. This is a no brainer, right? Oh you want the name…….Colgate Total!
By the time we reach middle age it is said that 70 percent of us will have some level of periodontal disease and it’s no wonder since most of us have never so much as given a thought to this silent and painless disease. To make matters worse most of us have never been schooled nor given the proper training to help avoid the disease.
I really believe the dental profession would like to keep us in the dark about anything that could impact their bottom line. After all there is a lot of money in the treatment of periodontal disease.
I’m convinced that if you invest in the products that I recommend you have an excellent chance of avoiding what 70 or more percent of us have not when you get older. Oh and don’t forget the common sense test it is one of your most valuable tools!
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