Watch US Olympian Ari Ramsey’s response about it…
At her teeth cleaning, they did an X-ray. She paid for none of it. “They really go above and beyond,” she says.
No, they really don’t. This should be normal. Then again, dental care is privatised in a lot of countries who otherwise have “free” healthcare, so in a way a lot of people are in the same boat as Americans. Ever since I moved to a country where I have to pay for every dental treatment I find myself distrusting the dentists opinion if that procedure really is necessary or not. They profit directly from it, why not add some stuff that’s not needed? Considering how important your teeth are for your quality of life, I hate to be in that situation.
Now just imagine ALL of your healthcare being that way and you can pretend you’re from the US.
Knew a dentist by me who got locked up for 5 years for intentionally breaking teeth and pushing for experience crown operations. Netted over a mill with just that, was in the top 2% of dentists for crown work despite being a small shop.
was in the top 98% of dentists
So 2% of dentists were worse? Doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment.
As an example: i moved from hungary(eu but everything is pretty shit) to sweden and in the first month basically they did a checkup and xray and turns out i have micro cavities between my teeth. In it self micro cavities arent s problem but they can easily become a really big problem if they get large. Now i floss to prevent that from happening.
It is a bit weird to pick Sweden for that example because you do have to pay for dental care yourself too. There are some subsidies of course, but it isn’t abnormal to pay the equivalent of 100 EUR for a visit, even if its just to clean teeth from toothstone.
I got scammed a few times when the hygienist or dentist just told me they really need to show me how to properly brush and then I get charged another 50 EUR just for that. Without them telling me beforehand that this will cost extra.
Unless you are under 18 (or under 25?), then it is free at least. But really it should be free for all under general healthcare.
Source: me, I live here and its the example I used in my comment above.
I live in The U.S., so of course I’m not actually familiar with a functional health care system. However almost 50 years ago when I was in elementary school, there were health lessons that taught us kids how to brush and floss.
Regular flossing doesn’t seem to be the kind of thing you should need an X-ray to learn about.
