The incentives in dentistry are completely broken, and the same might be said about other medical professions to a lesser extent. There’s no accountability to mitigate a lack of professional ethics. Any dentist can make wild claims and you either trust their word blindly or pay for a second opinion. They won’t pay a price for a misdiagnosis or unnecessary invasive procedures, and they profit from each add-on. Really, diagnostics should be a separate business from surgery. They should not have any financial ties or this madness will continue