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I’m very concerned about all the poking and prodding performed on my eyes every three months by the ophthalmologist. I have mixed feelings about all eye drops prescribed and exams performed to patients that don’t fix anything! Will you do a series on this?
I recently experienced the exact same situation in Vancouver BC, minus the signature for declining the X-ray. They didn’t want to do a cleaning without one, but I insisted
I went in to get a cavity filled or a cap they did all tests including xrays then scheduled a different appt for proceedure. I go in for proceedure and was then told they had to do xrays with their brand new xray machine and i had to have my teeth cleaned or they would not fill cavity if i did not do this even tho i had just had it ALL done payed for the previous week. This doctor now has a big practice in the nearby city 6 months after scamming everyone in a small town. He is specializing in dentures, go figure, right.
They told me last time that the lead apron is no longer needed for doing x-rays as the radiation is so low. While they leave the room and press the button. Culling the herd continues.
Spoke to my dentist about fluoride.. His words were. No one actually needs toothpaste. You can use some bicarb and an olive or coconut oil. Also, he agreed that fluoride is poison!!! Also, that mouth wash is unnecessary and a scam... I expected resistance regarding these things.. High five to my dentist UK 🇬🇧☺️,
🇨🇦 hygienist here. If there's inflammation I usually recommend salt water rinse. As for toothpaste, yes just the action of brushing is alone is generally 👌 for those who want toothpaste I recommend anything with hydroxyapatite. Safer than fluoride. I appreciate a Dr who does right by their pts.
I was. Told that my child needs to get fluoride to protect teeth from getting carries and then anyway my child got carries and then got a lot of caries and needs a lot of fillings so..😢
It really is, sadly. I recently had MRIs done (with and without contrast).Went to see the specialist and he insists on taking x-rays of one of the areas in question. I asked why the x-ray was needed given that I had 3 MRIs done. Was told that's what they do. I realized then it was done to pad the bill because we have 'good insurance'. Specialist orders MRIs but then I need additional x-rays after the MRIs? BTW, this happened at a a well respected medical facility. It really tarnished my opinion of them.
I had the same experience EXCEPT I called several dental offices ahead of booking an appt to inquire if I can schedule cleaning without dental exam. They ALL said "no." I am surprised you were allowed to opt out with a form. I am a GP myself, and like you, I am healthy with no issues. I haven't had dental cleaning for years now for that reason. Instead I bough my own dental cleaning kit and do it myself. Thank for exposing the scam! Message to the public: Say no to fluoride, amalgam fillings, and to root canals!
Just get your teeth extracted when you have a problem And if you have periodontal disease don't get subacute bacterial endocarditis or a cavernous sinus thrombosis. Good luck to the uneducated and uninformed GP.
Also do not allow your dentist discuss anything of importance while lying flat (actually Trendelenburg)). That is a submissive position and puts you at a psychological disadvantage. Always tell the dentist that you will discuss business later. If he persists then sit straight up.(I'm thin and in shape so for me it is easy) and say "Okay if you insist let's talk" .Watch the eyes pop out of his head.
@@spazmonkey3815 ive felt that for a while, lying flat means you agree to the dumbest things, i agreed to redo all my 11 mercury fillings (I was already ill with severe merc toxicity) , I only went in for 1 redo, needless to say it was a catastrophic decision that im still paying dearly for 25 years later.
Hi Suneel. I am a dental practitioner in Ireland and I am very much on board with your stance on medicine and dentistry. The problem as I see it is that our noble professions no longer belong to us. They have been usurped by government and authorities. We are pressurised to conform to regulation rather than allowed to use our own clinical expertise and wisdom. I would be happy to chat anytime about the essence of dentistry with you. Thanks for your work and God Bless
🎯🔥💥👍 What were "guidelines" & are still called guidelines , are in fact tram lines & you can't deviate because your insurance and medical board tell you not to ! And if you did they would hound you or bar you.
No, they have been taken by the rich who own the government. You need to adjust your aim. we live in america and if more of us understood this we have a constitution that allows us to replace our government with people who will ignore the rich and regulate them if we wanted. You are missing the target and aiming for the decoy that is your one chance at regulating this.
Yes standard of care is another way of saying pipe line to profit. My daughters. Husband is a professor at the Dental School of medicine. Near retirement. He absolutely hates what financially hijacked Dentistry has to do to stay licensed. 90% of it is to boost pharmaceuticals and other services. But oral care products are for the most part more dangerous to over all physical health. Sans mouth wash. Sans toothpaste with antiseptic in them. Oral hygiene with antibacterial can cause high blood pressure as well as mess with digestive system. Your mouth is supposed to have bacteria. That is the first line of digestive tract. It’s also where all your nitric oxide is produced that keeps your blood vessels supple and relaxed and able to move blood around.
@RaindropsOnLichen if not absolutely necessary I never do an x ray! Although the NHS in France says it's a must for any cavity, extraction, root canal etc. I simply don't do it! It's my choice to not iradiate my pacients.
@@ofeliavladjustme Oh for crap’s sake….you can’t see all the dental caries with your eyes! It seems like screening with X-rays once a year is smart, but you people aren’t so much.
@melindahall5062 swallowed the whole pitcher of coolaide i see. Probably one who likes to make sure others did too eh?? Just know we will all have to answer for our "free will" and the decisions we made to help or hurt mankind.
Interesting. Im in Norway. They do this every time i come to have my teeth cleancing. Next time.. im going to say No to radiation. Thank you for your advice❤
I don't even bother asking. I know they swear by fluoride in the UK and nothing can be done about it. However, I talked to a dentist in another country I visit regularly and I learned that there are some health concerns regarding fluoride, like thyroid issues. But they still like it for other reasons.... Beats me.
If people are CONDITIONED TO PAY TAXES FOR NEUROTOXINS... PAY FOR FLUORIDE PFAS ALUMINUM ALCOHOL TOBACCO LEAD MERCURY AMALGAMS AND SWALLOW them as if they're Lays tater chips.cant eat just one brain cell destroying NEUROTOXIN. NAH you buy SYNERGY OF DULLARD CAUSING retardation. Swill..and re elect it. Good karma will never see you. Bad karma ate ya all up. BYE apparently you HAD TO DIE rather tjan learn how we live. C ya..well grave side
I remember a friend of mine went to USC dental school. All his friends were just so looking forward to finishing school and making lots of money. It seemed like that's all they cared about. In some ways, I'm not surprised by this dentist. I'm sure most of them out there are unnecessarily prescribing dental procedures that we don't even need. Thank you for sharing. To unnecessarily subject patients to harmful x-ray radiation is just another level of gross malpractice.
Nearly 400 thousand people have listened to this, that’s 400 thousand that will now think twice when going into a dentist. Thank you sir for helping to wake the masses up 🙏♥️✨✨✨
I haven't gone to a dentist yet that will clean my teeth without updating xrays every time. My current dentist refused and when I protested, she claimed these were ADA guidelines that she has to follow. So I guess the ADA prefers people go without dental care completely if they won't or can't cough up hundreds of dollars each visit for unnecessary radiation contamination.
I wish though, my son would have his teeth cleaned, though. He doesn't brush them at all, he says that scratches his teeth.... My Dad probably did that and in his 50's had so many rotten teeth, they pulled them all out for dentures. He ate liquid food for months and loss a lot of weight. Teeth are important to chewing, of course. At least brush and floss.
@ lots, I swear by essential oils to help with decay. Look into using oregano oil, but mix 2 drops with some olive oil, cause oregano is hot 🥵 then rub on your tooth and around the gum. Frankincense essential oil worked too, took away the pain and started healing the tooth. You could also look into coconut oil pulling. TH-cam that and you’ll see what needs to be done.
Thank you so much for this video!! I feel the same way, they get you in the chair when you’re vulnerable, and then spring it on you like it’s no big deal! I’m not going to go along with it anymore!!
This happened to me literally last Friday. Just went to the hygienist- she wanted to do x-rays. I refused. She thought I was out of my depth and spent a good amount of time telling me why I should. I listened but in the end, I still refused. Then…! At the end, she attempted to give me the fluoride treatment. Again, I said I prefer not but thank you. She looked bewildered and told me that the fluoride would strengthen my teeth and lessen sensitivity… Basically, we can just say ‘no’ and we don’t have to justify anything. ❤ from Portugal.
Good for you for standing your ground! This Happens to me and my family too! Every time. I had to sign a sheet when i declined x-rays,, they thought i was nuts. We also decline fluoride as its a Neuro toxin . Regardless, each time they push it. The hygienists always try to lather my daughters teeth in it and i have to say ,,NO THANK YOU. Don't u dare! its extremely harmful for brain health especially children. I'm so glad to see people standing up and useful information getting out there! Its a nasty world
I commented above to foresthiker that fluoride ruins your mouth microbiome. So does the potassium nitrate that is in sensitive toothpastes. I started eating carnivore several years ago and the tooth sensitivity that I had for over 30 years went away. You know why? Carnivore got rid of the Inflammation because I was not eating carbohydrates. Carbs in any form turn to sugar in the body and that can cause inflammation in most people. Inflammation can strike people in different areas of their body.
The same happened to me (x-ray). I live in Manila, Philippines. I just left the clinic. Walked out. Dentist was trying to make me feel small and dumb because I said I've had too many x-rays done to my face and I don't want more.
I have never had my teeth cleaned by a dentist.. I use my peroxide, some flossing and I have all my teeth, except a couple at the very end of my mouth, at 78, I shall continue with my protocol. Thank you DR.
I think you don't understand what they do in a cleaning. Just saying. And you're missing teeth toward the back of your mouth? No offense, but you definitely have teeth and mouth problems!
I'm curious as to whether you ever had your wisdom teeth removed. As a society we have been led to believe they need to be removed except in certain rare cases, but it is solely driven by profit, and ignores the important role of wisdom teeth.
I started doing that after Dr. John Bergman recommended it. When I went for my cleaning, she told me I was a master brusher. I said thank you. I had only been doing it a couple of weeks. Didn't mention what I was doing.
Wow! You hit on my BIGGEST pet peeve with the medical system. My dentist insisted on X-rays, then told me I needed two crowns replaced but refused to show me the X-rays. They do this crap to bill insurance. My primary care doctor pulls this same crap. We all need to be more informed as patients.
That's why it costs so much to go to the dentist. They overcharge the insurance. My "health" insurance offers me 250.00 at the dentist office. Really? I have an upper denture. I need that replaced. 250 won't cover that
My gums around the metal bridge were constantly hurting. That's why I didn't resist the X-ray. But the X-ray didn't show anything bad. They recommended various rinses. But when two weeks after another cleaning and X-ray the pain became simply unbearable, I asked to remove the bridge and put on separate crowns. When the dentist removed the bridge, he discovered huge caves in my teeth underneath it. I asked how that was possible if we had X-rays?! He answered that the bridge was blocking the rays and the X-ray couldn't show anything in principle... !!! This is only a small part of my adventures with dentists in America.
Please bear with this long story. I am 72. In 1975 I had a wonderful dentist who must have been around 60 or more. I asked him why he did not do X-rays. He told me, "Ron, a good dentist does not need to do an xray." So, I always remembered that. About 5 years later I was reading an article in Scientific America about the dangers Gamma radiation (the type of radiation used in med/dentist xrays). The article was very alarming; one you do not forget. It stated that Gamma rays are very harmful, and even low doses are potentially dangerous. So, I also remembered that. Then my family started to arrive in the early 80's and my children and I, of course, went to the dentist. I never liked the fact that Xrays were adiministered, but I kept quiet. Then the dentist started to do these Xrays that were called ["panoramic"] or something like that. I was told that the dentist needed to be aware of any potential malformations, etc. The strangest thing finally happened: The dentist told me that my son had a "perfect mouth" and never would need any braces. However, the next time my son went to the dentist they again did the 360 degree Xray on my son. I called and stated my concern. About two weeks later I got a letter from the dentist and he told me to find another dentist. My wife, I and our children had been going to him for almost 20 years. It was gross. Finally, I had a very good friend whose daughter got a brain tumor (I do not remember if it was malignant). She had surgery - I believe - at the University of Minnesota and recovered. The surgeon told her that her tumor most likely was caused by................"dental xrays". Thank you, Suneel, for your video. It struck a chord with me.
A good dentist would never say they don't need X-ray. They would say they don't need unnecessary X-rays. The only way to see your roots without opening the tooth and literally killing it in the process is by X-ray. Just doing the operation blindly is way, way, way worse approach. That's the true scam. Any X-ray should be justified, to have a point. Also it is true that Gamma radiation, or in fact any ionization radiation is harmful yes. But quantity matters, or the dose in other words. You get gamma radiation way more just by living. The scale matters! Let's give some perspective to the "danger". You sit hour in an airplane and that equals to one dental X-ray. One dental X-ray gives you around 0.005-0.01 mSv (0.000005 Sv) worth of radiation. You get more gamma radiation just by sitting on your couch. 1 mSv is what is considered to be normal safe exposure in a year. 100 mSv is required to get mild effect. 1000 mSv (or 1 Sv) is when you likely would get radiation sickness (totally curable btw.). 4-5 Sv is when you are in real danger, it potentially is lethal. At 10 Sv there is nothing anyone can do. And to add into that, the duration of exposure matters as well. For example NASA astronauts are limited to 1 Sv in their career. But because it is in such long period, they feel nothing at all. If you would get that dose in say a hour, you would be very sick. Flight attendants gets around 1.5 mSv dose every year (0.005 mSv was one dental X-ray). One full body CT scan is around 10-30 mSv. There are people getting 400 mSv annual dose without any effects (that's same as getting 200 dental X-rays every single day). People take this radiation scare really out of context.
Thank You, Ron for your story. I've had so many X-rays including those panorama ones. My parents took me to a "dental school" instead of a licensed dentist. So, they sorta practiced on me I guess. 😞
When I left home I had to find a new dentist. So I saw one near to my new abode. He examined my teeth and said all my front teeth needed fillings. I made an appointment for the following week and left. For the whole week I anguished over this appointment and finally I cancelled it. 49 years later my front teeth are fine. So it begs the question, were any of my dental procedures ever required? The only reason I see a dentist is to maintain the fillings they gave me. Scammers are among us in plain sight.
Nowadays some dentists are over treating. I went to one and and she wanted to replace two crowns, one of which was gold. I thought about it and eventually I said I would take the deep cleaning, which was covered by insurance. I don’t believe it was necessary, but I figured no damage could be done by a deep cleaning. It was nothing--no pain because my teeth are in good shape. I got a second opinion from another dentist about the other two procedures and decided to forego them. GO somewhere else and get a second opinion. Any good dentist will tell you if the tooth is intact and OK don’t drill into it.
Well if I have an infected tooth I would want my dentist to take an x-ray to see what brewing around the tooth also, what about sub-gingival calculus hardened plaque under the gum line , some x-rays are needed to view that .Do I wanted X-rays every time I get my teeth cleaned … No … what but I want a dentist to be thorough not half ass.
@@oceansurfgirl8805 But you must be able to TRUST them! I go TRHREE times a year to my dentist because I believe it is money well spent and I trust my dentist. Moreover I have not had anything but cleanings for years and years. So I figured something was off with this new dentist and I asked for and got a second opinion. What happened is that I changed health plans and my former dentist would not take the insurance I had so I had to shop around for a new dentist. It was the new dentist who wanted to do all these procedures. As they say trust but verify.
Same thing happened to me. Dentist told me I had multiple cavities,only had money to get 2 filled. Moved before I could go back. Followed up with a dentist in another state. Guess what! No cavities....
Thank you for bringing this up. I didn't go for dental cleaning for more than 10 years because of the mandatory x-ray in the US. Recently I noticed some tartar on my teeth, and I had to go in spite of the x-ray. My dentist demands a full mouth x-ray at every second dental cleaning. I'm a physician as well and I know that ionizing radiation is something to avoid if not absolutely necessary. I totally agree with you that this is a scam so that the dentist makes more money.
I found fresh pet liquid to keep pets' teeth clean works to soften plaque. I brush it on day one and day 2 I use a scraper and it all comes off. Makes it soft and easy to remove.
I live in California, my dentist does x-rays for a dental exam which are generally once or twice a year. I go in for cleanings every 3-4 months because of some gum issues, they've never tried to do x-rays for any of my cleanings.
Hi from Quebec. We're known as the family who refuses X-rays. Over the years, the dental clinic used different tactics to pressure me into having my mouth and my kids' mouths x-rayed but I stood my ground. Thankfully, dental hygienists were recently allowed to operate their own independent clinics and we switched over. What a pleasant experience!
This does not explain why xrays are the standard procedure in places where they are provided for a token fee (something around 20 US dollars in my city), or are not billed to the client at all. On the contrary, the need to set up and maintain a separate xray room is a substantial part of initial investment and rent expense. If owners of small dental offices could do without it they certainly would. Perhaps it's there simply for CYA purposes ("see this post-RCT xray? it's perfect and your inflammation is your own problem...").
My experience with several dentists is that there are no honesty, lack of understanding of their training, and not just the money factor. If you want money you will see to it you become the best. One dentist told me beforehand the fillings will all fall of out, and it did within three days.. When it was redone for free by his co- worker, nothing fell out!!! So what is going on???? I spoke to a friend and was told this is the pattern his friends complain about. 🎉😮
If the Doctor is worried about X - rays , he should absolutely panic about the root- canals in his mouth, and so should everybody else with that work done in their mouths 😮😮😮
Thank you for bringing this up. I'm 61, and when I was a little girl, my Mom took me to the dentist regularly. She was a nurse and would never let the dentist do x-rays because of her concern about radiation. So clear back in the 60's the dentsts were pushing continual x-rays, even on kids. I'm thankful my Mom was looking out for me and also taught me from a young age to refuse things from professionals, it was an important life lesson.
Thank you: 'taught me from a young age to refuse things from professionals'. That is also maybe that it is possible to refuse and also that professionals can be wrong.
@@lucindaloudon989 What if the medical professional is doing a terrific job, made the diagnosis and is treating you? How would you know whether to refuse “something” from that professional? Your use of words makes your statement peculiar.
Hi Melinda, In the context of the discussion we are talking about routine dental x-rays, not something specific regarding an illness or injury. In this short space, it's impossible to cover all the scenarios, but I'm grateful my Mom showed me by example that it's OK to not be intimidated by a professional into allowing a procedure that may not be necessary. It's always possible to think about it, change your mind, and go ahead with the procedure, but once it's been done, you can't undo it. Obviously in a life threatening situation you might need to just go with what the professional advise is, but that's not what is being discussed here.
I had exactly the same talk with my dentist and it appears that they can refuse to see you if you don’t comply with the protocol. The reasoning I was given is because cavities form where you can feel them with a pick, between teeth. I have a thyroid issue and they told me I’d have to get a note from my endocrinologist. Who I also don’t trust!
My husband was a dentist….when he retired I stopped doing the frequent cleanings, X-rays,I was always laughed at when I said no X-rays thank you….I stopped all the nonsense when he retired and have had no issues sense……I spent 40 years in healthcare and am really angry about the excess in the system and the diseases they create.
Dr Dhand. I just had a very similar situation. I only wanted a teeth cleaning. This is in NC. The assistants scheduled it and wanted to know how I would be paying. At that point they told me I’d be having X-rays. Likewise, I said I didn’t want X-rays- only a cleaning. They stepped away to speak with the dentist and then told me it was an ADA requirement. Yep. He said that. I told them I wouldn’t be coming and left. I called the ADA and of course, they said they could never require Dentists to do anything and that there was no requirement of X-rays. I contacted the dentist office to share with them the words of the ADA 😂😂. I think there is a 3 way tie between medical, dental and sadly vetrinary. Buyer beware!
That stinks ! My opinion is that we put doctors /dentists on a pedestal for so long that people feel intimidated by their supossed superior intelligence. I've worked in medicine for 30 years and the best doctors with the best diagnostic skills always admitted that it is not an exact science and there is a reason they call it "practicing medicine." I had a friend who's wife was needlessly dying in an ill-equipted hospital and he was intimidated and scared to speak up because there are signs everywhere stating that the patient and family members cannot intimidate, raise their voice or confront a hospital worker inder penaltyof law. With my friend's permission I went up there and got her transferred to get the care the first hospital didn't offer.
I refuse to get them. I have a friend in Europe who says they only do breast ultrasounds over there. In the US they do mammograms and then if the tissue is too dense or they feel there may be an issue they do a diagnostic Ultrasound. Why not just do the ultrasound to begin with.....MONEY!
I heard from a retired vet that once the corporates took over, the vets have a basic salary and get a bonus for every diagnostic test ordered. I was also told by a mechanic that when he worked for one of the bigger garages, the staff were required to look for things that they could just about justify saying needed replacing/ working on- he left despite the higher wages as he was uncomfortable ripping customers off. The phrase, 'they saw you coming' springs to mind.
My dentist opened multiple offices and became millionaire in no time! I used to have minimum of two X rays each visit and then I refused since I watched your program! Thank you Doctor!
@@lauriewelsh8554They better not be, that's illegal. You have one set of x-rays a year. So if for some reason you need them later, they will be outed as frauds and insurance companies will drop them. So I doubt they would.
Listen, I'm a dental hygienist. I am very skeptical about our "healthcare" system here in the US as well. So I am on the same page as you. HOWEVER, I can tell you that x-rays are needed to see decay in between teeth. We cannot see everything clinically and you can have incipient decay developing and you will not have any pain. By the time you have pain, it could be too late and then you need a root canal. That said, there should be judgement used for each individual. We don't take X-rays once a year just because insurance covers it. If you are a new patient with crowns and restorations, it really is necessary to do x-rays to be able to see in-between your teeth and under crowns. But if you are a person who has little or no fillings, as an adult, it's not as important. But you have to understand that this is a legality. If you come to our office and we clean your teeth and let you go telling you everything is fine but you had decay that we couldn't see because we didn't take X-rays, we can be held legally negligent. That's why they had to have you sign that form. So I have to disagree with you on this. Even though I do agree with your point of view with other things concerning the medical field. I don't trust it either. I lost my trust after Covid and the associated vaccine. And FYI, there is a very small amount of radiation associated with the bitewing x-rays we use to detect decay. It's better to catch something small and do a small filling then to wait until you need a root canal. I'd also like to add that there ARE some dental practices out there that practice based on insurance and those are the ones that give the dental field a bad reputation. But there are also conservative dentists that are doing what is best for the patient
Thank you. In US, I've never had x-rays as part of a cleaning. Previously went to a dentist who said "Let me see if you've still got the 'good insurance' ", before I see if you need some work. I left and never returned.
@johnk .. 😮!! Wow! Glad you left ! Bravo you! Shame on that dentist. I'm in UK & no insurance - there is usually a dental plan but my teeth been a saga so I'm not eligible for plan, which is fine, I pay as I go, it's expensive so have to compromise sometimes, but been lucky finding genuine people more in the holistic line of dentistry, tho still hard to be sure what they're doing is good but the several dentists I've seen don't do extras when they know my situation.. money indeed 🙃
I’m in the US and don’t have dental Insurance so if they take unnecessary x-rays I have to make payments out of pocket. Then, because I choose not to get further in debt i don’t get anymore dental work done til the bill is paid off.
If you have fillings, crowns or bridges, you will get x-rays once a year in the US. X-rays will pick up fillings pulling away from the tooth, tooth decay, bone issues and so many other problems that, if left untreated, could result in more costly or medically serious services later. This protects the Dentist as well as the Patient…and no… I’m not a Dentist and do not work for one. Common sense.
You are so spot on, Dr. Dhand! When I went for my last cleaning, I was told I MUST have the full panarama x-ray, since "I hadn't been in for 2 years." I have excellent dental health, and am very healthy, so during the pandemic, there was no way I went during that time. I simply went for a cleaning as you did. The only request I made was that I didn't want the hygienist to use the metal picks in between my teeth. I literally get goosebumps from head to toe and cannot tolerate it for a second. It's unnecessary in my case anyway. In my 59 yrs, I have 1 teeny filling @ age 17. That's it. While waiting for the dentist to come in, I had to use the restroom. Upon passing a counter, the hygienist and the dentist were looking at my (unnecessary!!) x-rays, and whispering. They stopped abruptly as I passed. I noticed that, believe me. When the dentist came in, he immediately began to gaslight me as if I were a 'difficult patient' because I didn't want the metal picking done. His behavior was condescending, and exaggerated. The gaslighting was so extreme, I couldn't shake it the rest of the day, and I'm a very confident individual. I called and spoke to the office manager, told her of the incident, and that I would Never return, nor would I Ever refer another to that office. Stand your ground folks, and follow your instincts!! 😉
Were you able to find another dentist that would comply? If you did was it an older dentist? I've been to dental schools and know that the students are being taught this jargon. I'm praying for RFK in the Trump admin. to be able to bring major change to this medical establishment. Honestly it's just pure evil what is happening to our society.
Thank you for expressing your honest thoughts and opinions about all of this unnecessary testing and sheer scamming we have in the medical and dental fields. As an RN, I saw it up close in the hospitals and resented it on behalf of my patients. Greed has overtaken these fields that were once so noble. My advice to everyone going to any doctor or healthcare facility is question everything and then make your own decision.
It doesn't. My dentist is aware I cannot afford $400 for a cleaning and xrays but it is the law here in Texas that you have to have xrays at least every 2 years or you can't have routine maintenance like cleanings done. I don't have dental insurance. So instead I just can't have a cleaning that's supposedly so important and should be done twice a year.
I love your approach! We need to be 100 steps ahead of the scammers! We also need to do research for natural alternatives! Don't give in to these Dr Frankensteins! 😉
As a retired dentist, having practiced in a retirement community, I would do just that. Offer the patient to do the x-rays at N/C, if I felt that the benefit of doing so would outnumber the revenue lost.
This kind of thing just happened to me months back! I went in for a simple cleaning with no issues whatsoever that I was complaining about. The hygienist actually got quite snippy when I repeatedly refused to get an xray first. I was polite, but firm...yet she kept pushing. I couldn't believe it. Finally, when she realized I was NOT going to bend to her pressure, she seemed exasperated and got snippy. She curtly told me "Well! Don't blame us if anything bad happens!" So ridiculous. Then, sure enough, the very first thing out of the dentist's mouth to her when he walked into the room(as he looked at the screen) was "no x-ray??" I was absolutely disgusted. The whole system needs an overhaul!
I had the same experience. I have no issues they would not do a cleaning if I did not have my yearly X-rays. They said they would not do the cleaning without the X-ray. Period.
@@rhonda868 Well, I’m sure with your vast basis of knowledge you know exactly what needs to be done in terms of X-rays and such. As my Dad said, “Who do you think you are?” Really, who do you think you are?
@melindahall5062 haha Well, Melinda, I know exactly who I am and what I know. I can also tell by your ignorant and accusatory response exactly what kind of person you are too.
@melindahall5062 I know exactly who I am and what I know. I can also tell by your ignorant and accusatory response exactly what kind of person you are too, Melinda.
Thanks for sharing!!! I just had this EXACT experience when I was home in the U. S. I retired and no longer carry dental insurance as I’m on Medicare. My long-term dentist told me I couldn’t have my teeth cleaned unless I had full mouth X-rays every 1-2 years!! So I went to a new dentist and they said they couldn’t clean my teeth unless they took X-rays first. So, I was in Italy and went to an excellent dentist and he laughed when I told him what my dentist said. He said, “Americans always complicate matters. I wouldn’t do an X-ray unless there was a reason to, like pain for instance”. They do not require regular Xrays. BTW, the dentist where I was in Washington State said it was “the law” that X-rays and exam are required initially before they can work on you!!!! I’d sure like to know if that is true!! 7:26 You are exactly right!! I said no thanks, and when I went to Italy recently, I had my teeth cleaned and paid a third of what Id be charged
I would love to know if it’s also REALLY required by law to do x-rays before cleaning. I haven’t seen a dentist in 2+ years now; have been eating a mostly carnivore diet for 1-1/2 years, and my mouth is in excellent shape. Most of my tooth sensitivity to cold has left. I also drink RO filtered water, so I avoid fluoride. I carefully brush and floss every night. I also brush with a tooth powder that’s made of nano particle hydroxyapatite.
X-rays are required to assure there are no pathologies, decay and to check bone level and bone health. The insistence on either doing the X-ray or signing the form of refusal is simply to prevent any future liability IF there was a problem that went undetected. The proliferation of lawsuits in the US is behind all of this in my view. It seems silly to have an X-ray if you feel there is nothing wrong, however periodontal disease is called the silent disease for a reason, and abscess can be silent until it’s not as well. All that said, if you floss your teeth ~correctly~ daily, have routine 6 month (more frequent if you have advanced periodontal disease) cleanings and take 2-4 bitewing X-rays every 1-2 years and a full mouth set every 5-7+ years that’s all you need! I’ve been a Dental Hygienist for over 35 years, I also say NO to fluoride.
This is a Total Scam Pushed by ALL DDS I've been to. It is gross, wrong and a money grab. Glad you were blunt!!! So many need to PUSH back on the X-ray baloney. It is a constant battle for me.
@ hmmm. I’m in Asia, here they still accept "no". I suppose the xray fee is their entire profit margin in the west. Or the lion's share. Those machines must be expensive too, almost certainly bought with installments. Terrible incentive!
You are a good man, and i listen to your every word. 70 male. 2 years ago i weaned off 3 heart meds, 2 opioid pain meds, gout meds....been clean now for a year and feeling much better. No medical since early 2019....pure blood.
Dr. Suneel, thank you for another excellent video! I absolutely agree with you. I refuse X Ray every time I go to see my dentist for cleaning my teeth. I do cleaning once a year not 2x a year. I don't want to be radiated either. Radiation is bad for the patient's health and excellent for the dentist's pocket pushing x-rays on every patient who walks in. I have a very good relationship with my dentist but follow my own protocol not their protocol. Once a year teeth cleaning and NO X-rays. If I have a pain in my tooth I told my dentist to fix my tooth without the x-ray. Just remove the cavity and fill the tooth. Eva rules over her own health not my doctor! Thank you again for taking your time to make these great informative videos. People are fed up with paying enormous amount of money every time they have to see a doctor or a dentist even if they have an insurance. There is always an extra charge for everything. 🙂🙂🙂
Same happened to me. I went for teeth cleaning, and they insisted on xrays. I let them. And after they "found" that I have 10! teeth that "needed" to be "fixed". Mind it, the year before I had not "problem teeth" after not going to a dentist for 3 years, and this year I "had" 10! teeth that "needed to be fixed". I know my teeth! There were times when I would not go to a dentist for 10 years, and no problems. I told them that they are running a scam and that I am not going back or letting them touch my teeth. Some dentists are SCAMMERS!
well done for asserting yourself! I would have done the same. I stopped going to the dentist over 3 years ago and for the first time in my life, I have no dental problems! I use sunflower oil pulling twice a day for 20 minutes each, and clean my teeth with natural soap instead of toothpaste. I am healthy and so is my family as they do the same. Problems solved!
My dentist tries to get x-rays every year, but I push back and only allow it every 2-3 years. (In his defense, I have had a bone loss problem in two isolated areas and have enough of a tartar build-up problem that it's probably justified. Strangely enough, I NEVER used toothpaste after I was about 8 years old, and NEVER had a cavity until I was about 45 years old!)
I relocated to a rural area and went to a new dentist for an exam and cleaning. They asked how long since my last visit. I said 7 years. I was scolded that I needed to have an exam every 6 months. The dentist did not find anything wrong with my teeth or say anything about having gingivitis or gum disease. The dental hygienist remarked about my lapse in dental care. After he checked my gums for pockets he said I had too many and it would be better to have my gums like a collar or turtle neck to be easier to clean. When he started scraping my teeth I was having sharp pains and I complained. He said it was the tartar I was feeling cutting my gums. He kept wiping the instrument and his fingers on the bib. When he was finished with the polishing he gave me a mirror to look at my teeth without removing the bib. I was totally horrified by the amount of blood on the bib and the fact that he let me see it. I left the office feeling brutalized and thought he got some kind of perverted satisfaction by punishing me for my "delinquency". It was several more years before I went back and there was a new hygienist, thank God!
@@AngelBaby11117hi, that is basically normal because the tartar builds up past the gum line. I get my teeth cleaned once every 10 to 12 years. I was born in a mining town that has high levels of fluoride in the ground water. My teeth are extremely hard. I’m 62 and have zero cavities. That tartar can only be removed past the gum line with scraping and pressure. My gums bleed too when the cleaning is being done. That is a good sign you have healthy gums. I would not freak out too much. You were not abused. Just know that is a normal reaction when the tartar is getting removed from the under the gum line. Cheers !
Thank you for speaking out, it's so good to hear a Dr addressing medical scams! When ordinary people try to speak up or have an opinion, we're dismissed as a 'difficult person", 'crazy', 'uneducated', even 'conspiracy theorist', the list goes on!
Yep, and in terms of pain management, we are all addicted or want to make $ selling our medication. In reality, we have a right to be out of pain and have a right to a certain quality of life!
I have had too many crappy dentists. One told me I had to have an X-ray or he wouldn’t be my dentist anymore. TRUTH. Also a friend was told by a dentist that he needed $10000 worth of work. My friend went to another dentist for his next cleaning and funny…he didn’t need a thing ! And hasn’t since! That was 8 years ago!
Thank you! We just moved to Alberta and I had to go thru the same thing! They charged me $500 for xrays and cleaning when I had no problems! My husband found a different dentist and paid $75 for a cleaning. But every dentist visit for the past 15 years has been the same - need xrays before cleaning.
That was a great video. I'm a 70yr old women in good health and great teeth . When i moved to Florida, trying to just get my teeth cleaned was virtually impossible without getting x rays. The scam runs deeper . Several hygenest then run a text poking my gums and measuring how deep they go. I then get an analysis that gives me options on how much money I am willing to spend to prevent further gum loss. It was such BS 😂
That hygienist who was 'poking' your gums was competent and responsible, which not all are. She was assessing your mouth to get a baseline and the recorded measurements assist during the cleaning and for future evaluation. As a hygienist myself, I have worked on countless patients who did not have a conscientious hygienist like yours, and their mouths conditions were shamefully diseased.
My friend was told he had deep pockets in his gums. He went home and daily dipped dental floss in hydrogen peroxide and carefully worked on those pockets until his follow-up visit. When he returned all the plaque was gone and his gums were pink and healthy.
Hygienists are probing deep pockets around your teeth that if left untreated lead to infection, bone loss and eventually your tooth will fall out. How much money you spend depends on how much do want to keep your teeth. You spend now and have your real teeth last much longer or you can just get on the express train to dentures. Which aren’t cheap, wear out and have to be replaced not to mention all the money you”lol spend on goop to keep them from falling out while talking and eating. And… if you think “I’ll just get implants…” No you won’t. You won’t be a good candidate because you have terrible degenerative bone loss from the untreated periodontal disease that you didn’t want to pay for when it was a minor issue. 😂
@@bluejayspeanut There's a legit way to do that test and there's a scam way. I have experienced both. The scam way uses a sharp probe that is much thinner than the blunt legit probe. I even had a "dentist" JAM a sharp probe into my gums so she could say I had "deep pockets." I ran out of that office and never looked back. Found a dentist that used the legit probe. Boom, 3-4mm of "depth" disappeared just by sitting in a different chair.
I had a situation where I was admitted into the hospital with a micro-bowel perforation from diverticulitis about 10 years ago. I was given a blood thinner, because it was protocol. I had no idea, so I went along with the first TWO injections (I believe they are/were about 4 hours apart). I asked why I was getting it, and was told it was for people who weren't getting up and moving around, which I was. I told the second nurse giving me the injection "I COULD (walk around often) get up, if that was what I needed to do, so why was I still be getting this injection?" ** SHE SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS ** As in "I dont know" She could not give me a reason for it? The next nurse (when the shift changed) who came in, I asked her the same question. She came in, CLOSED THE DOOR TO MY ROOM, and proceeded to tell me that I could refuse ANY medical services I wanted. I HAD NO IDEA! I always thought that "doctors have my BEST interest at heart, why would they do anything they didn't NEED to do?" I didn't take anymore of those injections! AND I could not tell you how much I appreciated that nurses honesty! I will always remember her/that situation! ALSO, now, I don't just do what my Dr says, I QUESTION EVERYTHING. I am truly my OWN advocate! BUT - my reasoning is because I understand that Drs are over worked & they have TONS of patients (I am not their only one). I should do what's best for me, with the help from my Dr, They only sit with me for a short period of time, I should know what is going on with my body and do my VERY best to do what I can to stay healthy. It is NOT my Drs responsibility, it is mine.
This happened to me last week. I was called in for a cleaning, and had no issues with my teeth. Before I could sit in the treatment chair, the hygienist announced that she would take a series of X-rays before getting started on the cleaning. After talking my ear off, the dentist told me it would be illegal to clean my teeth if they didn't X-ray me first. That clever assertion added insult to injury. At that point, I walked out, because he could not permit me to decline without admitting that he had just lied. I think they have convinced themselves that there is zero risk to radiation, regardless of the patient's combined exposure. To this young dentist, the X-ray is just another carefree source of revenue. The patient's preference and freedom to choose are of no interest.
I totally agree with your approach. In Belgium too the dentist cabinet I go to for a yearly cleaning tries this X-ray scam on me. When i ask why I need the x-ray they say it's just to take a good look at my dental health and even add that the radiation is so minimal and that we get more radiation by just stepping out into the sun! Their logic is baffling. In any case, here things are not extreme and they back off when one says no to the x-ray. The other thing that has been particularly irksome in my case is that after having gone to the same dentist cabinet for years for the routine cleaning they suddenly came up with a special and expensive treatment for me for my receding gums. They said my gums were in a bad state and after the treatment they recommended how I should be brushing my teeth etc to prevent the problem. Why wasn't this told to me when the problem first began? They had been looking at my oral health for years during every single cleaning. Why did they wait for the point of no return? Anybody's guess is as good as mine. Evidently they just want to sell you treatments and products. Well, I had to learn my lesson the hard way but for younger (and older) folk reading this, just clean your teeth really well every night. Get rid off all food particles between teeth with floss and interdental brushes, massage your gums with your index finger (don't brush your gums) and finish off with a salt (just a pinch will do) gargle. I use a drop of clove oil in coconut oil for the gum massage. All this is a bit of a procedure but it is worth the effort. You will have squeaky clean teeth and hardly any gum problems.
This!! I was a bit behind on my cleanings and because I was over 50 I think they thought I was an easy target. They said that I had “advanced” gum disease and would have to do special monthly cleanings for a year and other procedures that were recommended that insurance wouldn’t cover. I asked them to just do a regular cleaning and I’d think about the rest. “Oh no!!! We cant do a regular cleaning, there is too much liability!!” Left there and used salt and clove essential oil to brush my teary for several weeks. Went to a new dentist and they said my gums were great! It’s like dealing with a car salesman, everything is an upsale and free based. It’s ridiculous. Also, dental insurance is ridiculous. They get quote from insurance, you pay hundreds on your portion only for them to come back 3 months later to say you owe them hundreds more because there was no way of actually know what would be covered 🙄
This is exactly what happened to me too. They told me I had gum disease. Walked out without getting anything done or signing anything. Found reviews and similar complaints with this office. Went somewhere else and was told my gums and teeth were fine. I have found that about 95% of dentists out there are like that now. You have to be extra vigilant and do your homework. Surprisingly, I went to an eye doctor years ago who was like this running all sorts of tests and I ended up with a huge bill from it. I made a complaint and they removed the charges. Believe it or not, unnecessary surgeries happen all the time too at great expense and potential risks to the patient.
@ when I researched, salt water is good to gargle with when you have mild gum issues. I also used an essential oil blend (On Guard from DoTerra) that has clove and other oils good for healing. I put a drop on my toothbrush which was plenty but I probably could have swished it with the saltwater as well. It worked
I'm 55, never had a cavity or any dental issues in my life. I go for cleanings every 6 months and they always want to do those x-rays at least once per year. I was told "it let's us see if there are any cavities starting and we can catch them early". My last visit was in April. After they did the xray the dentist (who never addressed me but stayed behind my head talking to the hygienist) said "yeah, there is a change in her tooth. Go ahead and make her an appointment for a filling." and then he left. Never discussed my thoughts about it. I said no, no. The tooth feels fine to me, I'm going to try to heal it. Still not having any problems.... The name of the game is "drill, fill and bill"..
🇨🇦 hygienist here. If there's no history of decay, typically 24-36 months for xrays, but xrays are clients specific. If its great oral hygiene and no health complications, good diet there is no reason for 12 months. I hate it when dentists don't take the time to explain to patients what's going on. But I have worked with some where that's what happens. Before you do anything have the hygienist explain why you need the restoration. If she can't, I suggest perhaps finding a new dr you can trust, and takes the time to explain, they do exist. There's different stages of decay, incipient caries where it's less than 50% in the enamel (outer layer). It doesn't require any attention (it can remineralize). But to help remineralize it with things like hydroxyapatite and being aware of acid exposure. If it's more than 50% into the enamel and growing rapidly is when it's usually recommended treatment because if it gets into the second layer which is dentin the decay rapidly takes over, and if it hits the nerve, the infection takes over which requires a root canal. (For the price of root canals and infection rate after most dentist I've worked with recommend implants instead if all else healthy, and no history of smoking or unstable diabetes) Ultimately ask questions, if it doesn't feel right it probably isn't. I hope this comment helps 🙏 😊
@@milliethemillinator3154 just like xrays being client specific. So are cleaning. If you're a person who has a good diet, takes proper care of your teeth, no history of unstable diabetes ect. Typically I recommend 6-9-12 months. Depends on the person, everyone has different needs. Ive seen some pts they hadn't been in 2 years and immaculate oral hygiene I was beyond impressed. But also, I've seen others every 3 months (heavy deposit, not great oral care, cluster of health issues) and they put me to work.
@@laurajean94 Thank you for this professional information! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share. I will look into the hydroxyapatite (haven't heard of that). I've been following the Dr. Ellie Phillips system.
It is rather interesting, my medical doctor has never ordered an X-ray in a situation where I did not have a specific complaint that needed a deeper look. But the dentist wants them at least annually with or without any complaint.
Thank you for bringing this issue to light. I've been standing my ground on x-rays for around 20 years now here in the U.S., but it's a struggle and many dentists simply refuse your business if you won't submit. Because of this and the astronomical cost of teeth scaling, I have only been to a dentist once in the past 8-9 years.
@@lizstromsnesdolz629 don't be dense. people who go to the dentist regularly also wear dentures - probably have a higher risk of having healthy teeth pulled, given a root canal or any number of unnecessary things. dentures have nothing to do with dentist visits and vice versa. many people can care for their own car, their own home and their own body without needing professional intervention if they have good habits and take proper care of what they have. For profit healthcare is just that - and it is "not" good healthcare -- when it is 'for' profiting.
My last dentist utterly destroyed my life when I was a teenager. I wanted to end myself I was in so much pain. I remember distinctly when I had my wisdom teeth ripped out (he refused to knock me out, kept me awake during the whole thing which was stressful for a teenager.) they put TWO gauze in my bottom left wound. They only took out one. I brought it up, they said nah they don't see an extra gauze. Ok I guess I imagined it even though I was wide awake. Well cut to a few months later I have a dry socket, and the left side is not healing. I tell them about the gauze, they say "nah it's just tissue that's healing. Cut to another year later and the hole is open, it stinks of rot, and I'm telling them they left a gauze. Ok, dentist finally decides to test to see if I'm right, yes there is a gauze. He pulls it out, and out comes an explosion of blood. Dry socket took forever to heal, and I was miserable and unhappy until I was 18 years old. THEN, two years later they tell me I have two cavities, they can't see anything on the x-ray, but they decide to go in anyway because there is an occlusal stain on my left molar. That cavity never healed right, and the doctor told me he could do a root canal, and also that I had 16 other cavities. At that point I was done, and lived with the sensitivity of my back molar until it finally became manageable. It's been almost 20 years, I have not been to the dentist since. I guess those 16 cavities just disappeared because I feel fine and it's been a good long while.
I have had that same conversation every time I go in for cleaning. I allow them only if something hurts. It has been 20 years since my last set of ex rays. Just another scam to charge insurance. I just don’t want my head radiated unless needed.
Dental hygienist here . Waiting until a tooth hurts means the decay has gotten deep enough to reach the nerve which in turn means your tooth cannot be fixed with a simple filling and now needs a root canal and crown to save it . Or possibly you have gum disease that has caused u a gum access which means u have lost bone around the tooth which is a chronic infection and possible loss of the tooth…
@@tamb7587....interesting. because all of my fillings were done in the 1970s and 1980s without any root canals. And the cavities were evidenced by my pain, not by any x,-rays. Back then, cleanings weren't even heard of.
In Canada I could go to my dentist and just get a cleaning. Here in Florida they want to do 14 xrays, a panoramic scan and gum test. If you do not pass you need a deep cleaning. This is all an insurance scam. If you just want a cleaning say you have no insurance.
I totally agree Dr. Dhand. So many not needed dental exrays. No wonder people get cancer in their head and neck and thyroid!! I will tell you this is even more pronounced in the veterinary offices for pets! I just wanted a dental for my little 4.5# chihuahua who was a bit elderly. The vet insisted that I give her no less than SIX vaccines before he would clean her teeth!! Imagine giving such a tiny animal six shots at one time?? I refused. I told him I would allow ONE vaccine and for him to pick one! He finally relented and they cleaned her teeth. These forced services are not right! I was sitting in the vet office when a customer came in and asked for flea medicine for their dog. The receptionist looked on the chart and informed the customer that she could not get flea meds because her dog had not been in for his check up and was behind on his vaccines!! Can you imagine this? These vets have sold their practices to corporations and these "protocols" have suddenly become their policy when it never was before. It's horrid. I know that six shots would have probably killed my little dog. What are these people thinking? Common sense has taken flight!! And concern for science and health of patient, whether human or animal, is of NO priority.
And watch out for those pet vaccines. They are now developing and using the MRNA technology in the vet world. 6 vaccines would be outrageous on any animal, but a small senior dog is crazy. Good for you.
Was going to a new dentist in an area I moved to for years. Nearly EVERY time I'd go for the cleaning... suddenly I would have cavities that needed attention. Had a few over many years before, but never anything like once I started with this new dentist. Each time, 2 to 4 areas that were needing work - allegedly. Once the waiting room was suddenly expanded with brand new huge TV's, new furniture, large area for the 2 or 3 assistants working the phone and greeting people all got out of complete control, it became obvious why there were always problems that needed work when I'd go. I finally just stopped about a year and a half ago, found a new dentist and the ONLY thing that has needed to be done since, ironically, was repair of the work that the other dentist had done to fix some of the fillings that had chipped. I have always refused the flouride "treatments", every time, everywhere. It's a freaking neurotoxin, so, no thanks.
@@susansmith4362 😳… it’s horrifying to consider how often such deception is being practiced - additionally, each drill-n-fill compromises the strength of each tooth!
My wife and I left a dentist after a few visits for a similar reason - the number of "cavities" he was finding in people was abnormal. I still believe I was given a crown I didnt need within those few visits until we figured it out and split. Unfortunately the age of the professional or "expert" has past, especially in the medical industry where hearing about profit over people has become pretty common. Trust but Verify
And they add fluoride to drinking water… the Flouride Action Network just won a legal case in September AGAINST flouride in water… it’s been in court for 7 years!!!
This is a very common practice here in Australia as well. Everytime you walk into any dental clinic for anything, cleaning, or even if it's just consultation they want to take x-rays of your whole mouth!! Thank you for confirming and callingout this rort...it's all about the money and what they can bill you or your private health insurance. An average standard cleanse can cost from $250-$550 depending on the dental practice. There are no standard pricing and you usually don't know final price until after the treatment, which I think is a total scam! It's pure greed sadly.
I agree. Another online doctor (MD) said that he refuses the whole mouth X-rays when he's only having one tooth worked on. The dentist wanted full mouth X-rays and he told them "No thank you, just X-ray the one tooth that's getting worked on". As far as primary caregivers, I don't participate in that either. When I have a need to see a doctor, I make an appointment. I do not participate in endless tests, procedures and needless medications. I appreciate your videos.
Oh yes, been there, done that. In 2020 during pandemic, we made appointments for dental check ups in Wyoming because we refused to wear masks. We are in Colorado. Got there, all was good initially but was told that we needed to set up deep root cleaning ( both of us) and there was no need for a routine dental. We left. Six months ago, more of the same. Went to my regular dentist in Colorado and was told I needed a deep root cleaning. They still planned on doing my regular cleaning but '"ran out of time" and it never happened. I'm almost 74, an RN and in excellent physical condition. I've followed all the principles you espouse over the last 40 plus years. I've never had a tooth pulled ( aside from wisdom teeth as a teenager), never had a toothache, do all the preventative care that can be done. HAVE fallen for the xray scam for years but no more! I think the "key" for their insistence for procedures is my husband and I have double dental coverage from our previous employers and they see a gravy train in us. I swear I am never going back.
You can clean above the gumline, and you can also clean the space below the gum line which is called root planing. (You know how pop corn husks get caught under your gum - that space, but it can get much deeper than a popcorn husk, sometimes well over 10 mm below the gum line.) Sometimes it's called deep cleaning. An instrument is inserted under the gum line and the root surface is scraped with it to remove diseased root, hard calculus buildup, plaque… Think of it like debriding a badly infected wound which removes the infection and infected tissue and prevents further disease and damage. I am a hygienist and I've seen countless new patient with severely diseased gums and bone, sometimes loose teeth as a result. They may not have been going to a practice, or have been going to a practice for many years and their practitioners did not address the disease. Some people were upset because they thought I was the scammer so I would give them a mirror and show them the damage to their guns and I would let them see me pull up the debris from under their gums. Grossed some of them out. Part of my point is there is scamming everywhere and it can be hard to know if it's happening to you. For the RN above I couldn't say for sure but everything you've said about your health and self-care has only a little bearing on whether you need root planning or not. Maybe your original practitioner should have been doing it all along and wasn't, or somebody is trying to scam, or although not common in your age group - your mouth could be perfectly fine. You could get an assessment by another practitioner and they should be able to tell you the measurements of your gums, and show you bone loss and calculus on the x-rays. If the disease was really bad they could show you your teeth are loose just by wiggling them.
@@bluejayspeanut Get a bit of food under the gum is painful, the only time I go mouthwash & toothbrush crazy. Doing that must be torture. Plus it leaves a gap for a while, room for even more food to get trapped. A vicious circle.
I allowed them to do root canal, costs $1,600.00, I paid in cash. Well that was the beginning to the end of my teeth. Root canal teeth got infected do to they only put in a temporary filling that they did not tell me was temporary those 2 teeth severely infected which went into the jaw bone and now I don’t even look into a mirror anymore because all I see is how ugly I am not that I was beautiful but to see that ugly reflection of myself overwhelms me with such a horrible emotional pain inside. I now see and worse feel ugly.
I have been refusing dental x-rays for the past 5 years. My dentist retired and a new dentist took his place. I was told by this new dentist if I don't get x-rays he will no longer be my dentist! They have always had me sign a waiver saying that I refused x-rays. He said that he can't give me the care I deserve if I don't have x-rays. I told him that I have no problems but they still wanted me to do the x-rays. I have to pay out of pocket for any dental and it seemed like an unnecessary expense. I just figured this was a way for them to drum up some money and find something wrong so they could fix it.
Go carnivore and you can forget about the dentist. You barely have to brush your teeth if you are full carnivore. Search it up, there are testimonies of people’s experiences.
@misty2montana1 - We don't have this garbage in Australia. Why would you even sign a waiver? They are not legal people. They only carry on like this because people will not stand their ground.
You have just gotten a new subscriber, Doc! I have had the same experiences with a former dentist that wouldn't accept me as a new patient if I didn't do x-rays. I had no oral complaints, just wanted a cleaning. My son's pediatric dentist hates me because I ask questions and refuse unnecessary treatments and x-rays. I am not a "doctor" but I retired from a long 22 year multidisciplinary career in health sciences. I have enough medical knowledge to make informed decisions. When I took a health administration course in college, my perspectives changed once I realized that many hospitals are for-profit. The for-profit system prefers uninformed consumers that submit to predatory protocols for profit bottom lines. Gotta stay outta the red. Truthfully, capitalism is a religion and people worship mammon. The predatory market controls the people’s behaviors. Thus, society is full of paycheck predators preying on vulnerable consumer sheep that follow the sponsored pied-pipers deemed "experts." Basic human survival instincts are non-existent in modern civilizations.
Im a british dentist and a subscriber. In the usa, i find overtreatment takes place , in the uk, i find patients are often undertreated. To some extent economics is involved. However, for a new patient , xrays are indicated to assess a baseline for the oral tissues. Detection of cavities, gum disease, bone levels etc. If sunil had his teeth cleaned but gum disease went undiagnosed, the dentist would be open to litigation . To some extent its watching your own back. Risk assesment for decay has to be assesed. The higher the risk ie previous level of fillings, the more the risk etc so x rays would be indicated. To decline a cleaning unless x rays are taken would mean that true informed consent was not being sought. A good practioner should justify an x ray exposure . In the uk we have guide lines from the royal colledge of surgeons which explain x ray criteria. In any case, overuling the patient is assault in my book. In the past xrays were performed far too often. The new approach is more patuent centred , in the uk anyway
Thank you, Dr Dhand. I'm a RN in rural Minnesota, US. I was to the dentist for a cleaning, as well, recently. The hygienist reminded me I had not gotten x-rays for the past 2 years. I told them I don't want x-rays, as I have had no issues with my teeth (plus I have to pay out of pocket for this). I had to sign a paper stating I declined the x-rays. At the end, the hygienist told me my teeth looked excellent. What a bunch of extra expense. If I was having a problem, I would of course, want x-rays. But my teeth, are thankfully, very good. This is a racket to make more money. I got out of that appointment for $135, thankfully.
Your teeth may look excellent from the outside, but unless your hygienist has x-ray vision you don't know what is on the inside. Maybe it's fine? Maybe not? What a patient "feels" in their mouth is a very poor indicator of what is going on. What we see clinically tells part of the story, but not all of it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen patients with very large cavities and infections that are completely asymptomatic and not visible clinically. That being said, I think you should be able to make that choice to have x-rays or not, just understand that your dentist might not be able to diagnose present decay, infections, diseases that have the potential to be more costly(both financally and health wise) than if they were caught early.
I have had this exact same experience in my dentist's office! I am not a doctor, and they had such a negative reaction to this that I ended up feeling bad. I said I didn't want the radiation unless it was absolutely necessary ( and I had no problems with my teeth). They finally agreed but said in a scolding voice that I would have to have it next time. Thank you so much for talking about this, because they talked to me as if I was being difficult because I don't want x-rays every time!
This is the issue you need to understand, just because you don't feel pain DOES NOT mean your teeth are fine. How do we know it is necessary if we can't see cavities in between the teeth with out the xrays. All I can say is I hope you are flossing!
Hi Dr, so glad you’re putting the spotlight on dental 🦷 practices too. We need to expose unnecessary and expensive procedures ( that are called routine).
You hit the nail on the head! I went to the dentist to have my tooth fixed and they wanted to do panoramic x-rays and then another kind of partial panoramic. Nothing to do with what I came for then they wanted to do deep cleaning and they said they wouldn’t do any dental work until I did the deep cleaning series which was about $3000. Needless to say, I never went back to that Dentist what a scam they training their staff to push the needless procedures to rack up more money. I’m done with it.
I bet they had a financial department, as well. Lol. "Oh, don't worry about the cost. You can finance and pay 30% interest for the rest of your life. No biggie, right?" Greedy sickos....!
Yes, it’s ridiculous. First, you know they just have to do the bite-wing x-rays, then this 360 degree panoramic x-ray that isn’t covered by insurance (not covered last time I went). I haven’t been back. My out-of-pocket was $1500.
This happened to me too, I told my dentist that I want x-rays every 5 years and they were ok with that. Some people just do whatever they’re told regardless of the consequences
Wow.. you got all that right. I’m 76 and have had to go through this protocol for years and years. I’ve decided no more. I will refuse X-rays unless I have an issue. I go to Dr once a year. Get labs drawn and that’s it. As an ex-nurse I review them myself. The further we stay away from medical “care” the better off we are. Thats my motto and I’m sticking to it!
I hope you at least have mammograms. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer that was found with a mammogram. She didn't have any lumps or other symptoms. The cancer was found early enough that she only needed a lumpectomy. She was lucky.
Mammograms are evil. They CAUSE cancer and what's more a HIGH level of diagnosis of cancer are INCORRECT and this is PROVEN. THEN the treatment they inflict in you makes you sick. Please wake up. @@MsPea
@MsPea that happened tomy friend who had mammogram found cancer in milk duct early stage it was no bigger than finger nail size.She had op and is fine 6yrs later
I almost hesitated to listen to this but so glad I did. An actual doctor who is saying no to useless, expensive tests and sharing about it with why he makes these decisions. My respect to you is far greater than to my heart doctor that I challenge frequently (with a note pad for a prescription and admits to no nutritional training). Thanks.
During a job related dental conference I attended with my boss I found myself filling in for him in a seminar. I was a bit shocked to hear the dentist basically saying since we don’t have the need for as much dental work with increased measures preventing cavities we need to start doing 2x a year cleanings rather than the yearly cleanings to make up for loss in revenue. I’m 73 now with all my teeth, no gum issues and I get my teeth cleaned every 2-3 years. Both my parents had “good” teeth so genes are there. I also refuse X-rays. I know how it works..you take the X-ray..dr glances at it and goes into your folder here’s a new toothbrush for you. Last visit was $400. No insurance. I won’t be going back. Bet his assistant hasn’t had a raise in years.
Same thing happened to me in the US. I left the office because they wouldn't proceed with the cleaning without the x ray. Most Americans completely capitulate to anyone with a title and they were baffled by my refusal
It’s not a title. It’s an educated professional taking care of you. A cleaning appointment also includes an examination of the health status of your mouth. That can’t be done without seeing between and inside of teeth.
Thanks as always Dr. Dhand! I had a dentist pull a couple of my molars out, after showing me the x-rays, and saying they were bad. I commented they look the same as the other teeth, but he insisted they were dead, and had to go. When I think back, I should have got a second opinion. After that, he kept asking when I was going to get the implants to replace them, at $5000.00 EACH!! It's ALL about the money these days!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
I'm 57 years old, live in California, and I've never had x-rays offered (or pushed) when I've gone in for a cleaning. I also have raised my kids going to the dentist once or twice a year for checkups and we've always declined the fluoride. We've used my own homemade toothpaste made from a 50/50 mixture of coconut oil and baking soda (I added xylitol when the kids were little as a sweetener and extra antibacterial) for almost 20 years now and none of my kids have had a single cavity since we stopped all fluoride and I've explained that to all the dentists we've had over the years. Mixed reactions, but most of them have been very impressed. We've had very positive experiences with all our dentists for the last 35+ years when just explaining to them what we're doing and have rarely needed x-rays, only for potential tooth pulling or orthodontia.
It’s the love of money . My dentist retired and my cleaning charge increased from $65 ( and I refused X-rays ) to almost $400 with the new dentist and her fancy office and xray equipment ( I had X-rays done ) . What a scam . I’m finding a new old school dentist .
Had the same dentist in Miami for 20+ years. Never had that 360° X ray there, was Never offered a deep cleaning with root scaling either. Here in Tallahassee the hygienist was not interested in doing a regular cleaning after I refused a 2 session deep cleaning to be paid out of pocket Looking for an old school HONEST dentist here in Tallahassee One that is skilled enough to do his own root canals too. Anyone ?
As a single mother of three ( father passed away , when i had a 3 n half , a 2 year old , and 3 months pregnant ) . I could not afford a dental private practice . Which its why i nearly always had to use the government dental hospitals. This has been one of my most regretted things i have done in my life . Because now i have hardly any teeth left , due to The criminal treatments i got in these types of places ( Australia) . Three times , i had a dentist pull teeth out , when there was no need , and he/they ( twice ) put his foot on the chair , to use more force to pull it out , which i practically fainted. my tooth/teeth were in no need for an extraction . This left me with so much fear of dentist , which in turn put me in a worst disadvantage situation . 😪
Dr. Suneel, you are music to my ears. This entire medical and dental system in America is absolutely compromised. How did this great country get to this point? It's absolutely disgusting.
It’s called greed and at this point it’s permeating the entire culture. People are not satisfird with just making a good living, they want more, always more. It’s an insatiable hunger for money.
Hello, first time here. Thank you for the video. I totally agree. I have had many same experiences through the years with my original dentist of over 40 years and now with his replacement. This is basically how it would go…Assistant: we will take X-rays today before your cleaning. Me: No thank you. Assistance: Oh, I’m sorry, if you can’t afford them today we can reduce the cost or put you on payment plan. Me: I can afford them, I just don’t want them. I’m not having any problems, plus I have fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue & try not to expose myself to extra radiation. Assistance: No worries the X-rays are no more than using your cell phone. Me: No thank you. Assistance: Well, I’ll have to call the dentist in to speak with you. Me: Ok thank you. Dentist: We need those x-rays to protect you from any unseen problems. (I tell him the same as I told the assistant of my health concerns and he repeats what the assistant had told me, comparing them to using a cell phone.) Me: No thank you. Finally, they agree to do the cleaning. Every. Single. Time.
Thank you SO much for covering this as I’m getting concerned at the x-ray pushing at my dentist here in Australia. So much so, I’ve put off going for my 6-monthly check up and clean because I don’t want to have to deal with a confrontation. Must harden myself up!
Uk here - I’ve had this argument with my dentist for years. I’ve explained that other health conditions mean I have to have X rays and CTs so don’t want more X rays unnecessarily. They say it’s to see if a problem is looming. It’s now on my notes no X-rays unless I have a dental issue but it’s an awkward conversation each time. So too was my refusal of prescription toothpaste with higher fluoride. I was laughed at by the assistant for saying I had concerns and didn’t want it. I stand my ground
Have had exactly the same with my dentist and I gave exactly the same reasons for refusing. I had a private dentist who insisted on doing by annual x rays, and refused a radiation apron when I asked for one. I was intimidated into going along with this until he retired. At the new dentist, I said they could take one set of initial x rays and that was it. Somehow I have been persuaded into a second set - there won't be any more.
yeah it is awkward indeed, and we shouldn't have to live like this, we have the right to refuse treatment without having it turned into a debate with every single provider. This is why I hate going to doctors, and my politeness is very short to deal with all the BS and the sour looks they give you.
to assess gum disease x-rays are taken to review bone levels around your teeth. USA it is the standard to do full mouth X-rays for this. In the UK or Australia where I have and do work we would do OPG panoramic film and pocket charting to confirm bone heights. For a checkup, we would take small X-rays, one on each side to check for decay, tartar below the gum line and the state of current fillings for deficiencies or overhanging fillings. These are done for the first visit then on average every 2 years unless there is a problem that we need to review. Decay in its initial stages is very hard to spot by a visual examination only and can easily be missed as can bone loss, and periodontal disease hence why they had you sign to say you had declined and hence they are not liable for missed diagnosis. However, I am aware in the US that they will take full mouth x-rays every clean visit as insurance will often cover that and I feel that is far too often and not warranted. I hope that helps bring some clarity. Like many health conditions dental disease does not elicit symptoms nor pain in the early stages and by the time it is painful it is too late to be able to fix things simply if at all.
I went to many dentist offices in my life and none asked me to do a demo on how I brush my teeth, neither the dental hygienists that cleaned my teeth. I came to the conclusion, they don’t care. They just want I return as many times as possible -> Money! Money!
I have shared your videos with some of my friends. We are all retired nurses and we love you! We wish so bad that you were here in Texas so you could be our doctor 😊 Thank you, and God bless you for bringing so much much light into a very dark industry 🙏
Yes, I knew from your introduction to the X-ray requirement that they "needed" an X-ray in order to bill the insurance for as much as they could get away with. I have stopped going to my Dr. because the ladt time I made an appointment they told me to go online to their website, download & complete a 2-page questionnaire which would be required in order to see the Dr. I know what happens to "private" health data these days & it's anything but private. So I declined the appointment. What a let down. I'm in my early 70s. I love your caring & honest program. God bless you.
Personally, I'd rather know in advance if there's a problem and would be pre-screened any day The sooner you catch a problem, the sooner it can be caught and addressed I'm all for a pre-screening just to make sure there's no serious problems that MIGHT need attention LATER If you don't do your pre-screenings, what if something's found too late and there's nothing they can do? This is why I personally am all for pre-screening, but it should be at the patient's consent The doctor can ask, and the patient has the option to choose Prescreening will always be the way to catch potentially serious problems early, and I'm all for it, but I need the option to choose if I need it Dentistry though, is Hands-On, so they NEED to KNOW for your safety if you have a serious problem that needs addressed before the cleaning so they don't end up hitting a painful spot you may not even know you have Remember, a no dentist wants to hurt their patients by hitting a spot that patient may not know they have
@@0annonymouswhy do the practioners wear heavy duty lead protection vests in the room where you get a mammogram? To reduce exposure to cancer causing radiation. This radiation is being transmitted into sqashed breast tissue. Look into the increased rates of breastcancer. Do some research and make an informed choice. I will never have another mammogram. I've seen very interesting research and made that decision.
They do it everywhere even in Canada. Whenever my children are myself or my family. Go to get our teeth clean. The first thing they try to force us to do a X-ray. Second thing is they try to tell me that my kids need to use fluoride, which is absolutely never going to happen.
Prosthodontist here. I don’t know how recently you had X-rays but the State Boards consider routine X-rays the standard of care so this is why you have to sign a release if you don’t want to take them. If you wait for a tooth to become symptomatic, it will likely be more costly to fix and there are more lawyers than dentists and they are eager to take a case of negligence. Not all of us are crooks but sadly many are so you are right to question everything….
@@markstankewitz2963 the ADA guidelines are X-rays every 2-3 years for an asymptomatic adult. Standard of care is Not a yearly bite wing, and literally never a panorex.
@ Dear friend, what I am saying is that if a patient should develop a cavity or toothache and become upset because you did not diagnose it. The State Board, at least in Texas may apply disciplinary action against you for not having recent or timely X-rays. You are correct that asymptomatic individuals should not need xrays as often as others but if there was to be a complaint against the clinician it would be entirely at the discretion of the State as to whether the patient should have had more recent X-rays or not. I an in agreement with you that films are not needed as often as they are routinely taken but dealing with the State does not necessarily have a predictable outcome for the clinician that follows the law. My hope is that more patients like yourself would educate themselves and caveat emptor. One more thing, signing a release is a good thing for everyone concerned, not a bad thing… FYI the ADA recommends X-rays every 12 months and can be altered depending on the age, caries activity, etc. The altering factors would be allowed at the discretion of the clinician’s State Board.
@@markstankewitz2963 Mark, dear friend, you are wrong. Reference the ADA guidelines for radiography last updated 2012. An adult with no clinical evidence of caries should have X-rays every 2-3 years. You’ve got to know your own literature and recommendations to make educated recommendations to patients
@@auricgoldfinger8478Lets say a patient has a crown to restore a tooth broken in an accident and is of low caries risk. Any tooth restored with a crown has a 5-7% risk of need a root canal due to a periapical infection. These infections can be asymptomatic and persist for years causing massive bone loss. Would you follow the guidelines you cite in this case?
I am a retired academic neurologist in California. I was referred to an endodentist for a gum abscess. I was suggested CT scan will have to be done first and I was fortunate the scan was available in the office but insurance will not cover. When I hesitated a dentist came and stated "we need the CT scan", (cost $140). I walked out and complained to my family dentist. I agree with your assessment.
i had an infection & abcess in one of my teeth. i went to the e.r. & they cut it & prescribed me pain & penicillin & my insurance covered all but my co-pay. i had been at work & went in a taxi in the middle oof the night as i working overtime on my nightshift. the e.r. was empty thankfully, man that hurt.
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I’m very concerned about all the poking and prodding performed on my eyes every three months by the ophthalmologist. I have mixed feelings about all eye drops prescribed and exams performed to patients that don’t fix anything! Will you do a series on this?
I recently experienced the exact same situation in Vancouver BC, minus the signature for declining the X-ray. They didn’t want to do a cleaning without one, but I insisted
I went in to get a cavity filled or a cap they did all tests including xrays then scheduled a different appt for proceedure. I go in for proceedure and was then told they had to do xrays with their brand new xray machine and i had to have my teeth cleaned or they would not fill cavity if i did not do this even tho i had just had it ALL done payed for the previous week. This doctor now has a big practice in the nearby city 6 months after scamming everyone in a small town. He is specializing in dentures, go figure, right.
They told me last time that the lead apron is no longer needed for doing x-rays as the radiation is so low. While they leave the room and press the button. Culling the herd continues.
My brother had only enough cash on him for a cleaning. He too was told he must have an X-Ray or the cleaning could not be done. He left.
I am so sick of dishonest people. You cannot relax for a moment anymore, nor trust anyone. It's truly sickening.
Yes, it is!
True.
Exactly. This. Living in this society.
Hope RFK Jr. can address these needless dental xrays. Let your voices heard people.
Here in South Africa it's exactly the same one is always on high alert for anything that might happen at any second of the day
Spoke to my dentist about fluoride.. His words were. No one actually needs toothpaste. You can use some bicarb and an olive or coconut oil. Also, he agreed that fluoride is poison!!! Also, that mouth wash is unnecessary and a scam... I expected resistance regarding these things.. High five to my dentist UK 🇬🇧☺️,
🇨🇦 hygienist here. If there's inflammation I usually recommend salt water rinse. As for toothpaste, yes just the action of brushing is alone is generally 👌 for those who want toothpaste I recommend anything with hydroxyapatite. Safer than fluoride. I appreciate a Dr who does right by their pts.
I was allowed to diss the Fluoride wash they wanted to give me. For these same reasons.
@@grassroot011 not sure if you're aware. There's also fluoride in most polishes. For pts who don't want fluoride, I would use pumice.
I was. Told that my child needs to get fluoride to protect teeth from getting carries and then anyway my child got carries and then got a lot of caries and needs a lot of fillings so..😢
@@laurajean94 Dental polishes???
Absolutely correct about the dentistry racket, but is just detail. The whole health system is a cartel.
Eustace Mullins laid it all out!
STRAIGHT UP RACKET! It's why I Haven't gone in recent years🤷🏽♀️😤
All major Corps are run by ancient bloodlines - most being Luciferians. FYI
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It really is, sadly. I recently had MRIs done (with and without contrast).Went to see the specialist and he insists on taking x-rays of one of the areas in question. I asked why the x-ray was needed given that I had 3 MRIs done. Was told that's what they do. I realized then it was done to pad the bill because we have 'good insurance'. Specialist orders MRIs but then I need additional x-rays after the MRIs? BTW, this happened at a a well respected medical facility. It really tarnished my opinion of them.
I had the same experience EXCEPT I called several dental offices ahead of booking an appt to inquire if I can schedule cleaning without dental exam. They ALL said "no." I am surprised you were allowed to opt out with a form. I am a GP myself, and like you, I am healthy with no issues. I haven't had dental cleaning for years now for that reason. Instead I bough my own dental cleaning kit and do it myself. Thank for exposing the scam! Message to the public: Say no to fluoride, amalgam fillings, and to root canals!
Just get your teeth extracted when you have a problem And if you have periodontal disease don't get subacute bacterial endocarditis or a cavernous sinus thrombosis. Good luck to the uneducated and uninformed GP.
Also do not allow your dentist discuss anything of importance while lying flat (actually Trendelenburg)).
That is a submissive position and puts you at a psychological disadvantage.
Always tell the dentist that you will discuss business later.
If he persists then sit straight up.(I'm thin and in shape so for me it is easy) and say "Okay if you insist let's talk" .Watch the eyes pop out of his head.
@@spazmonkey3815 ive felt that for a while, lying flat means you agree to the dumbest things, i agreed to redo all my 11 mercury fillings (I was already ill with severe merc toxicity) , I only went in for 1 redo, needless to say it was a catastrophic decision that im still paying dearly for 25 years later.
Why, no to root canals? When I have an obsessed tooth, isnt that the only thing to correct that?
How can I get my own dental kit?
Hi Suneel. I am a dental practitioner in Ireland and I am very much on board with your stance on medicine and dentistry.
The problem as I see it is that our noble professions no longer belong to us. They have been usurped by government and authorities. We are pressurised to conform to regulation rather than allowed to use our own clinical expertise and wisdom.
I would be happy to chat anytime about the essence of dentistry with you.
Thanks for your work and God Bless
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What were "guidelines" & are still called guidelines , are in fact tram lines & you can't deviate because your insurance and medical board tell you not to !
And if you did they would hound you or bar you.
I’d like to know if graphene oxide is in dental anaesthetic?
No, they have been taken by the rich who own the government. You need to adjust your aim. we live in america and if more of us understood this we have a constitution that allows us to replace our government with people who will ignore the rich and regulate them if we wanted. You are missing the target and aiming for the decoy that is your one chance at regulating this.
Yes standard of care is another way of saying pipe line to profit. My daughters. Husband is a professor at the Dental School of medicine. Near retirement. He absolutely hates what financially hijacked Dentistry has to do to stay licensed. 90% of it is to boost pharmaceuticals and other services. But oral care products are for the most part more dangerous to over all physical health.
Sans mouth wash. Sans toothpaste with antiseptic in them. Oral hygiene with antibacterial can cause high blood pressure as well as mess with digestive system. Your mouth is supposed to have bacteria. That is the first line of digestive tract. It’s also where all your nitric oxide is produced that keeps your blood vessels supple and relaxed and able to move blood around.
True. The uda system in England has dumbed us down and if we don’t conform it’s a visit from the wimpole street gestapo.
I'm a dentist in France. I don't do an x-ray without a good reason or if I have a doubt, and never for a cleaning! Oh my God!
@RaindropsOnLichen if not absolutely necessary I never do an x ray! Although the NHS in France says it's a must for any cavity, extraction, root canal etc. I simply don't do it! It's my choice to not iradiate my pacients.
@@ofeliavladjustme Oh for crap’s sake….you can’t see all the dental caries with your eyes! It seems like screening with X-rays once a year is smart, but you people aren’t so much.
@melindahall5062 swallowed the whole pitcher of coolaide i see. Probably one who likes to make sure others did too eh?? Just know we will all have to answer for our "free will" and the decisions we made to help or hurt mankind.
@@RaindropsOnLichendon't be ridiculous!
Interesting. Im in Norway. They do this every time i come to have my teeth cleancing.
Next time.. im going to say No to radiation.
Thank you for your advice❤
I asked my dentist here in UK about the latest on flouride.....she had no idea what I was on about. The level of ignorance is astounding.
Mikemilton, Wow you have a dentist?
Lmao! I know what you mean. 😢
I don't even bother asking. I know they swear by fluoride in the UK and nothing can be done about it.
However, I talked to a dentist in another country I visit regularly and I learned that there are some health concerns regarding fluoride, like thyroid issues. But they still like it for other reasons.... Beats me.
If people are CONDITIONED TO PAY TAXES FOR NEUROTOXINS...
PAY FOR FLUORIDE PFAS ALUMINUM ALCOHOL TOBACCO LEAD MERCURY AMALGAMS AND SWALLOW them as if they're Lays tater chips.cant eat just one brain cell destroying NEUROTOXIN.
NAH
you buy SYNERGY OF DULLARD CAUSING retardation.
Swill..and re elect it.
Good karma will never see you.
Bad karma ate ya all up.
BYE apparently you HAD TO DIE rather tjan learn how we live.
C ya..well grave side
Florode 1 part per million in drinking water cuts decay down by 50 percent.
I remember a friend of mine went to USC dental school. All his friends were just so looking forward to finishing school and making lots of money. It seemed like that's all they cared about. In some ways, I'm not surprised by this dentist. I'm sure most of them out there are unnecessarily prescribing dental procedures that we don't even need. Thank you for sharing. To unnecessarily subject patients to harmful x-ray radiation is just another level of gross malpractice.
I've experienced dentists who are so inept/corrupt, they cause problems with ur teeth. Do not allow anyone to f*ck with ur body!
Nearly 400 thousand people have listened to this, that’s 400 thousand that will now think twice when going into a dentist. Thank you sir for helping to wake the masses up 🙏♥️✨✨✨
I haven't gone to a dentist yet that will clean my teeth without updating xrays every time. My current dentist refused and when I protested, she claimed these were ADA guidelines that she has to follow. So I guess the ADA prefers people go without dental care completely if they won't or can't cough up hundreds of dollars each visit for unnecessary radiation contamination.
Good maybe we can get the price to go down on dentistry so we can all have a beautiful smile. Dentists charge to much… lol even for fluoride
I wish though, my son would have his teeth cleaned, though. He doesn't brush them at all, he says that scratches his teeth.... My Dad probably did that and in his 50's had so many rotten teeth, they pulled them all out for dentures. He ate liquid food for months and loss a lot of weight. Teeth are important to chewing, of course. At least brush and floss.
What is the alternative if you have decay and failing root canals?
@ lots, I swear by essential oils to help with decay. Look into using oregano oil, but mix 2 drops with some olive oil, cause oregano is hot 🥵 then rub on your tooth and around the gum. Frankincense essential oil worked too, took away the pain and started healing the tooth. You could also look into coconut oil pulling. TH-cam that and you’ll see what needs to be done.
This just reminded me of something! This book called “The 23 Former Doctor Truths by Lauren Clark”. My health shifted in a whole new way.
Thanks for sharing that
im checking it out right now
Thank you for this post!
Thank you so much for this video!! I feel the same way, they get you in the chair when you’re vulnerable, and then spring it on you like it’s no big deal! I’m not going to go along with it anymore!!
Thank you, checking the book out 😊
This happened to me literally last Friday. Just went to the hygienist- she wanted to do x-rays. I refused. She thought I was out of my depth and spent a good amount of time telling me why I should. I listened but in the end, I still refused. Then…! At the end, she attempted to give me the fluoride treatment. Again, I said I prefer not but thank you. She looked bewildered and told me that the fluoride would strengthen my teeth and lessen sensitivity… Basically, we can just say ‘no’ and we don’t have to justify anything. ❤ from Portugal.
Good for you for standing your ground! This Happens to me and my family too! Every time. I had to sign a sheet when i declined x-rays,, they thought i was nuts. We also decline fluoride as its a Neuro toxin . Regardless, each time they push it. The hygienists always try to lather my daughters teeth in it and i have to say ,,NO THANK YOU. Don't u dare! its extremely harmful for brain health especially children. I'm so glad to see people standing up and useful information getting out there! Its a nasty world
I commented above to foresthiker that fluoride ruins your mouth microbiome. So does the potassium nitrate that is in sensitive toothpastes. I started eating carnivore several years ago and the tooth sensitivity that I had for over 30 years went away. You know why? Carnivore got rid of the Inflammation because I was not eating carbohydrates. Carbs in any form turn to sugar in the body and that can cause inflammation in most people. Inflammation can strike people in different areas of their body.
The same happened to me (x-ray). I live in Manila, Philippines. I just left the clinic. Walked out. Dentist was trying to make me feel small and dumb because I said I've had too many x-rays done to my face and I don't want more.
😏✨️ Visit the Phillipine Islands for love and leisure ⛱️🌴 @@Cjoybellclovescake
Same with me. See my comment. 😥
Thank you for this. There's so much scamming going on. All devoid of morals and humanity.
I have never had my teeth cleaned by a dentist.. I use my peroxide, some flossing
and I have all my teeth, except a couple at the very end of my mouth, at 78, I shall
continue with my protocol. Thank you DR.
I think you don't understand what they do in a cleaning. Just saying. And you're missing teeth toward the back of your mouth? No offense, but you definitely have teeth and mouth problems!
That's my routine. Hydrogen peroxide for brushing and flossing. I have a healthy mouth.
I'm curious as to whether you ever had your wisdom teeth removed. As a society we have been led to believe they need to be removed except in certain rare cases, but it is solely driven by profit, and ignores the important role of wisdom teeth.
I started doing that after Dr. John Bergman recommended it. When I went for my cleaning, she told me I was a master brusher. I said thank you. I had only been doing it a couple of weeks. Didn't mention what I was doing.
I do cleaning with my dentist every time I travel to Colombia 🇨🇴 from Florida. No X-ray for cleaning.
Thank you for being so honest! I am from Canada. What happened to the DO NO HARM oath. You have to be your own advocate! Thank you again!
I am a retired nurse; I Googled the H. Oath. It has been changed !!! to allow abortion and euthanasia; the 'no harm' sentiment is gone.
@@bettysiemens9616 Disgusting bustards!!!😢😢😢
It's called hypocrates oath for a reason: it's hypocritical
Doctors do not ha e to take the Hippocratic oath anymore
They stopped caring. It’s all part of a money making scheme. 😡
Wow! You hit on my BIGGEST pet peeve with the medical system. My dentist insisted on X-rays, then told me I needed two crowns replaced but refused to show me the X-rays. They do this crap to bill insurance. My primary care doctor pulls this same crap. We all need to be more informed as patients.
Prescribe, refer, and prescribe for symptoms prescriptions cause. Insanity.
They have to show you the x-rays. In fact, I have a copy of every x-ray I have ever had since 1970. They always make me a copy.
That's why it costs so much to go to the dentist. They overcharge the insurance.
My "health" insurance offers me 250.00 at the dentist office. Really?
I have an upper denture. I need that replaced. 250 won't cover that
All the x-rays and dentists cannot a crack in tooth. 😂
My dentist shows me my x ray and compares to the last set
My gums around the metal bridge were constantly hurting. That's why I didn't resist the X-ray. But the X-ray didn't show anything bad. They recommended various rinses. But when two weeks after another cleaning and X-ray the pain became simply unbearable, I asked to remove the bridge and put on separate crowns. When the dentist removed the bridge, he discovered huge caves in my teeth underneath it. I asked how that was possible if we had X-rays?! He answered that the bridge was blocking the rays and the X-ray couldn't show anything in principle... !!! This is only a small part of my adventures with dentists in America.
Please bear with this long story. I am 72. In 1975 I had a wonderful dentist who must have been around 60 or more. I asked him why he did not do X-rays. He told me, "Ron, a good dentist does not need to do an xray." So, I always remembered that. About 5 years later I was reading an article in Scientific America about the dangers Gamma radiation (the type of radiation used in med/dentist xrays). The article was very alarming; one you do not forget. It stated that Gamma rays are very harmful, and even low doses are potentially dangerous. So, I also remembered that. Then my family started to arrive in the early 80's and my children and I, of course, went to the dentist. I never liked the fact that Xrays were adiministered, but I kept quiet. Then the dentist started to do these Xrays that were called ["panoramic"] or something like that. I was told that the dentist needed to be aware of any potential malformations, etc. The strangest thing finally happened: The dentist told me that my son had a "perfect mouth" and never would need any braces. However, the next time my son went to the dentist they again did the 360 degree Xray on my son. I called and stated my concern. About two weeks later I got a letter from the dentist and he told me to find another dentist. My wife, I and our children had been going to him for almost 20 years. It was gross. Finally, I had a very good friend whose daughter got a brain tumor (I do not remember if it was malignant). She had surgery - I believe - at the University of Minnesota and recovered. The surgeon told her that her tumor most likely was caused by................"dental xrays". Thank you, Suneel, for your video. It struck a chord with me.
Chew Neem soft-twigs (instead of using chemical toothpastes) daily to avoid all sorts of dental problems forever.
@@aloksrivastava7938 I will look into them. Thanks.
A good dentist would never say they don't need X-ray. They would say they don't need unnecessary X-rays. The only way to see your roots without opening the tooth and literally killing it in the process is by X-ray. Just doing the operation blindly is way, way, way worse approach. That's the true scam. Any X-ray should be justified, to have a point.
Also it is true that Gamma radiation, or in fact any ionization radiation is harmful yes. But quantity matters, or the dose in other words. You get gamma radiation way more just by living. The scale matters! Let's give some perspective to the "danger". You sit hour in an airplane and that equals to one dental X-ray.
One dental X-ray gives you around 0.005-0.01 mSv (0.000005 Sv) worth of radiation. You get more gamma radiation just by sitting on your couch. 1 mSv is what is considered to be normal safe exposure in a year. 100 mSv is required to get mild effect. 1000 mSv (or 1 Sv) is when you likely would get radiation sickness (totally curable btw.). 4-5 Sv is when you are in real danger, it potentially is lethal. At 10 Sv there is nothing anyone can do.
And to add into that, the duration of exposure matters as well. For example NASA astronauts are limited to 1 Sv in their career. But because it is in such long period, they feel nothing at all. If you would get that dose in say a hour, you would be very sick. Flight attendants gets around 1.5 mSv dose every year (0.005 mSv was one dental X-ray). One full body CT scan is around 10-30 mSv. There are people getting 400 mSv annual dose without any effects (that's same as getting 200 dental X-rays every single day).
People take this radiation scare really out of context.
Thank You, Ron for your story. I've had so many X-rays including those panorama ones. My parents took me to a "dental school" instead of a licensed dentist. So, they sorta practiced on me I guess. 😞
It's either an X ray or Gamma ray, both are very different !
When I left home I had to find a new dentist. So I saw one near to my new abode. He examined my teeth and said all my front teeth needed fillings.
I made an appointment for the following week and left. For the whole week I anguished over this appointment and finally I cancelled it.
49 years later my front teeth are fine. So it begs the question, were any of my dental procedures ever required? The only reason I see a dentist is to maintain the fillings they gave me.
Scammers are among us in plain sight.
Nowadays some dentists are over treating. I went to one and and she wanted to replace two crowns, one of which was gold. I thought about it and eventually I said I would take the deep cleaning, which was covered by insurance. I don’t believe it was necessary, but I figured no damage could be done by a deep cleaning. It was nothing--no pain because my teeth are in good shape. I got a second opinion from another dentist about the other two procedures and decided to forego them. GO somewhere else and get a second opinion. Any good dentist will tell you if the tooth is intact and OK don’t drill into it.
Well if I have an infected tooth I would want my dentist to take an x-ray to see what brewing around the tooth also, what about sub-gingival calculus hardened plaque under the gum line , some x-rays are needed to view that .Do I wanted X-rays every time I get my teeth cleaned … No … what but I want a dentist to be thorough not half ass.
@@oceansurfgirl8805 But you must be able to TRUST them! I go TRHREE times a year to my dentist because I believe it is money well spent and I trust my dentist. Moreover I have not had anything but cleanings for years and years. So I figured something was off with this new dentist and I asked for and got a second opinion. What happened is that I changed health plans and my former dentist would not take the insurance I had so I had to shop around for a new dentist. It was the new dentist who wanted to do all these procedures. As they say trust but verify.
It really happened to me, teeth filled that didn't need to be. That was 45 years ago.
Same thing happened to me. Dentist told me I had multiple cavities,only had money to get 2 filled. Moved before I could go back. Followed up with a dentist in another state. Guess what! No cavities....
Thank you for bringing this up. I didn't go for dental cleaning for more than 10 years because of the mandatory x-ray in the US. Recently I noticed some tartar on my teeth, and I had to go in spite of the x-ray. My dentist demands a full mouth x-ray at every second dental cleaning. I'm a physician as well and I know that ionizing radiation is something to avoid if not absolutely necessary. I totally agree with you that this is a scam so that the dentist makes more money.
I found fresh pet liquid to keep pets' teeth clean works to soften plaque. I brush it on day one and day 2 I use a scraper and it all comes off. Makes it soft and easy to remove.
@@terirudnick3197 Thank you! Will try this method.
As a Dr you should read up on the new X-ray technology.
@@terirudnick3197would you explain further?
I live in California, my dentist does x-rays for a dental exam which are generally once or twice a year. I go in for cleanings every 3-4 months because of some gum issues, they've never tried to do x-rays for any of my cleanings.
Hi from Quebec. We're known as the family who refuses X-rays. Over the years, the dental clinic used different tactics to pressure me into having my mouth and my kids' mouths x-rayed but I stood my ground. Thankfully, dental hygienists were recently allowed to operate their own independent clinics and we switched over. What a pleasant experience!
It's all about 💰. Period.
It is all about $$$$$$$$$$$$ Human GREED
@@echogl No excuse.
Honor the dollar.
This does not explain why xrays are the standard procedure in places where they are provided for a token fee (something around 20 US dollars in my city), or are not billed to the client at all. On the contrary, the need to set up and maintain a separate xray room is a substantial part of initial investment and rent expense. If owners of small dental offices could do without it they certainly would. Perhaps it's there simply for CYA purposes ("see this post-RCT xray? it's perfect and your inflammation is your own problem...").
My experience with several dentists is that there are no honesty, lack of understanding of their training, and not just the money factor. If you want money you will see to it you become the best.
One dentist told me beforehand the fillings will all fall of out, and it did within three days.. When it was redone for free by his co- worker, nothing fell out!!! So what is going on???? I spoke to a friend and was told this is the pattern his friends complain about. 🎉😮
We need more Doctors like you, admitting to this truth of which most people know but can't fight.
If the Doctor is worried about X - rays , he should absolutely panic about the root- canals in his mouth, and so should everybody else with that work done in their mouths 😮😮😮
@@anacerar6810 Why? Please elaborate. "Sra Isa"
Thank you for bringing this up. I'm 61, and when I was a little girl, my Mom took me to the dentist regularly. She was a nurse and would never let the dentist do x-rays because of her concern about radiation. So clear back in the 60's the dentsts were pushing continual x-rays, even on kids. I'm thankful my Mom was looking out for me and also taught me from a young age to refuse things from professionals, it was an important life lesson.
Thank you: 'taught me from a young age to refuse things from professionals'. That is also maybe that it is possible to refuse and also that professionals can be wrong.
@@lucindaloudon989 What if the medical professional is doing a terrific job, made the diagnosis and is treating you? How would you know whether to refuse “something” from that professional? Your use of words makes your statement peculiar.
Hi Melinda,
In the context of the discussion we are talking about routine dental x-rays, not something specific regarding an illness or injury. In this short space, it's impossible to cover all the scenarios, but I'm grateful my Mom showed me by example that it's OK to not be intimidated by a professional into allowing a procedure that may not be necessary. It's always possible to think about it, change your mind, and go ahead with the procedure, but once it's been done, you can't undo it. Obviously in a life threatening situation you might need to just go with what the professional advise is, but that's not what is being discussed here.
You're lucky. ❤
I had exactly the same talk with my dentist and it appears that they can refuse to see you if you don’t comply with the protocol. The reasoning I was given is because cavities form where you can feel them with a pick, between teeth. I have a thyroid issue and they told me I’d have to get a note from my endocrinologist. Who I also don’t trust!
My husband was a dentist….when he retired I stopped doing the frequent cleanings, X-rays,I was always laughed at when I said no X-rays thank you….I stopped all the nonsense when he retired and have had no issues sense……I spent 40 years in healthcare and am really angry about the excess in the system and the diseases they create.
Dr Dhand. I just had a very similar situation. I only wanted a teeth cleaning. This is in NC. The assistants scheduled it and wanted to know how I would be paying. At that point they told me I’d be having X-rays. Likewise, I said I didn’t want X-rays- only a cleaning. They stepped away to speak with the dentist and then told me it was an ADA requirement. Yep. He said that. I told them I wouldn’t be coming and left. I called the ADA and of course, they said they could never require Dentists to do anything and that there was no requirement of X-rays. I contacted the dentist office to share with them the words of the ADA 😂😂.
I think there is a 3 way tie between medical, dental and sadly vetrinary. Buyer beware!
I agree about vetrinary.
The Vetinary profession is also largely a scam. Be very wary of these folks who will gladly overcharge you and not even bat an eye.
That stinks ! My opinion is that we put doctors /dentists on a pedestal for so long that people feel intimidated by their supossed superior intelligence. I've worked in medicine for 30 years and the best doctors with the best diagnostic skills always admitted that it is not an exact science and there is a reason they call it "practicing medicine." I had a friend who's wife was needlessly dying in an ill-equipted hospital and he was intimidated and scared to speak up because there are signs everywhere stating that the patient and family members cannot intimidate, raise their voice or confront a hospital worker inder penaltyof law. With my friend's permission I went up there and got her transferred to get the care the first hospital didn't offer.
My policy is very simple I do NOT trust no doctor, no dentist, and no Vet. Period.
@@InnercreationslifeAgreed.
Same here in Wisconsin. I signed the form. Please now do a video on yearly (gasp) mammograms.
I refuse to get them. I have a friend in Europe who says they only do breast ultrasounds over there. In the US they do mammograms and then if the tissue is too dense or they feel there may be an issue they do a diagnostic Ultrasound. Why not just do the ultrasound to begin with.....MONEY!
Do you just ask for a declination at your dentist? I'm also here in WI
That particular dental practice had one for me to sign before they would proceed with the cleaning. I found a new dentist after that. :)
Thermography is the way to go!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It’s all about the money
ALLLLLLLLLL!
NO EXCUSE.
Not only money but also population reduction!
Dentists don’t make that much money anymore. It’s the insurance companies. That make the big bucks
I lost my dentist 4 years ago been with the practice 20 years. Disgusting
I heard from a retired vet that once the corporates took over, the vets have a basic salary and get a bonus for every diagnostic test ordered. I was also told by a mechanic that when he worked for one of the bigger garages, the staff were required to look for things that they could just about justify saying needed replacing/ working on- he left despite the higher wages as he was uncomfortable ripping customers off. The phrase, 'they saw you coming' springs to mind.
My dentist opened multiple offices and became millionaire in no time! I used to have minimum of two X rays each visit and then I refused since I watched your program! Thank you Doctor!
they still charge you for xrays
They’re definitely scamming. I’ve been to many dentists (I used to move a lot) and they all only do X-rays once a year.
@@lauriewelsh8554not in Canada. I pay out of pocket and I don’t pay for it if I don’t get it
@@lauriewelsh8554They better not be, that's illegal. You have one set of x-rays a year. So if for some reason you need them later, they will be outed as frauds and insurance companies will drop them. So I doubt they would.
Listen, I'm a dental hygienist. I am very skeptical about our "healthcare" system here in the US as well. So I am on the same page as you.
HOWEVER, I can tell you that x-rays are needed to see decay in between teeth. We cannot see everything clinically and you can have incipient decay developing and you will not have any pain. By the time you have pain, it could be too late and then you need a root canal. That said, there should be judgement used for each individual. We don't take X-rays once a year just because insurance covers it. If you are a new patient with crowns and restorations, it really is necessary to do x-rays to be able to see in-between your teeth and under crowns. But if you are a person who has little or no fillings, as an adult, it's not as important. But you have to understand that this is a legality. If you come to our office and we clean your teeth and let you go telling you everything is fine but you had decay that we couldn't see because we didn't take X-rays, we can be held legally negligent. That's why they had to have you sign that form. So I have to disagree with you on this. Even though I do agree with your point of view with other things concerning the medical field. I don't trust it either. I lost my trust after Covid and the associated vaccine. And FYI, there is a very small amount of radiation associated with the bitewing x-rays we use to detect decay. It's better to catch something small and do a small filling then to wait until you need a root canal. I'd also like to add that there ARE some dental practices out there that practice based on insurance and those are the ones that give the dental field a bad reputation. But there are also conservative dentists that are doing what is best for the patient
Thank you. In US, I've never had x-rays as part of a cleaning. Previously went to a dentist who said "Let me see if you've still got the 'good insurance' ", before I see if you need some work. I left and never returned.
That's despicable! Health & dental "care" should not be dependent on one's insurance.
OMG!!! Smart man!!
@johnk .. 😮!! Wow! Glad you left ! Bravo you! Shame on that dentist. I'm in UK & no insurance - there is usually a dental plan but my teeth been a saga so I'm not eligible for plan, which is fine, I pay as I go, it's expensive so have to compromise sometimes, but been lucky finding genuine people more in the holistic line of dentistry, tho still hard to be sure what they're doing is good but the several dentists I've seen don't do extras when they know my situation.. money indeed 🙃
I’m in the US and don’t have dental Insurance so if they take unnecessary x-rays I have to make payments out of pocket. Then, because I choose not to get further in debt i don’t get anymore dental work done til the bill is paid off.
If you have fillings, crowns or bridges, you will get x-rays once a year in the US. X-rays will pick up fillings pulling away from the tooth, tooth decay, bone issues and so many other problems that, if left untreated, could result in more costly or medically serious services later. This protects the Dentist as well as the Patient…and no… I’m not a Dentist and do not work for one. Common sense.
You are so spot on, Dr. Dhand! When I went for my last cleaning, I was told I MUST have the full panarama x-ray, since "I hadn't been in for 2 years."
I have excellent dental health, and am very healthy, so during the pandemic, there was no way I went during that time. I simply went for a cleaning as you did. The only request I made was that I didn't want the hygienist to use the metal picks in between my teeth. I literally get goosebumps from head to toe and cannot tolerate it for a second. It's unnecessary in my case anyway. In my 59 yrs, I have 1 teeny filling @ age 17. That's it.
While waiting for the dentist to come in, I had to use the restroom. Upon passing a counter, the hygienist and the dentist were looking at my (unnecessary!!) x-rays, and whispering. They stopped abruptly as I passed. I noticed that, believe me.
When the dentist came in, he immediately began to gaslight me as if I were a 'difficult patient' because I didn't want the metal picking done. His behavior was condescending, and exaggerated. The gaslighting was so extreme, I couldn't shake it the rest of the day, and I'm a very confident individual.
I called and spoke to the office manager, told her of the incident, and that I would Never return, nor would I Ever refer another to that office. Stand your ground folks, and follow your instincts!! 😉
Were you able to find another dentist that would comply? If you did was it an older dentist?
I've been to dental schools and know that the students are being taught this jargon.
I'm praying for RFK in the Trump admin. to be able to bring major change to this medical establishment. Honestly it's just pure evil what is happening to our society.
Thanks for sharing this story!
Yes, stand your ground!
@@ladybugsarah6671 Oh yeah, I found a much better dentist, and thank you! And as a huge Trump supporter, I'm praying the same. 👍🙂
@@speakrighttogod You bet! "Don't Tread On Me" 👍🙂
Thank you for expressing your honest thoughts and opinions about all of this unnecessary testing and sheer scamming we have in the medical and dental fields. As an RN, I saw it up close in the hospitals and resented it on behalf of my patients. Greed has overtaken these fields that were once so noble. My advice to everyone going to any doctor or healthcare facility is question everything and then make your own decision.
Tell them you’re having financial troubles and can’t afford it but would be happy to have the X-rays if they are free. That should shut them up!
That's awesome!
I had the same issue when show up for cleaning, I didn't want to do x-ray and they said don't worry your insurance will pay for this....
It doesn't. My dentist is aware I cannot afford $400 for a cleaning and xrays but it is the law here in Texas that you have to have xrays at least every 2 years or you can't have routine maintenance like cleanings done. I don't have dental insurance. So instead I just can't have a cleaning that's supposedly so important and should be done twice a year.
I love your approach! We need to be 100 steps ahead of the scammers! We also need to do research for natural alternatives! Don't give in to these Dr Frankensteins! 😉
As a retired dentist, having practiced in a retirement community, I would do just that. Offer the patient to do the x-rays at N/C, if I felt that the benefit of doing so would outnumber the revenue lost.
This kind of thing just happened to me months back! I went in for a simple cleaning with no issues whatsoever that I was complaining about. The hygienist actually got quite snippy when I repeatedly refused to get an xray first. I was polite, but firm...yet she kept pushing. I couldn't believe it. Finally, when she realized I was NOT going to bend to her pressure, she seemed exasperated and got snippy. She curtly told me "Well! Don't blame us if anything bad happens!" So ridiculous. Then, sure enough, the very first thing out of the dentist's mouth to her when he walked into the room(as he looked at the screen) was "no x-ray??" I was absolutely disgusted. The whole system needs an overhaul!
I had the same experience. I have no issues they would not do a cleaning if I did not have my yearly X-rays. They said they would not do the cleaning without the X-ray. Period.
It's sickening!
@@rhonda868 Well, I’m sure with your vast basis of knowledge you know exactly what needs to be done in terms of X-rays and such. As my Dad said, “Who do you think you are?” Really, who do you think you are?
@melindahall5062 haha Well, Melinda, I know exactly who I am and what I know. I can also tell by your ignorant and accusatory response exactly what kind of person you are too.
@melindahall5062 I know exactly who I am and what I know. I can also tell by your ignorant and accusatory response exactly what kind of person you are too, Melinda.
Thanks for sharing!!! I just had this EXACT experience when I was home in the U. S. I retired and no longer carry dental insurance as I’m on Medicare. My long-term dentist told me I couldn’t have my teeth cleaned unless I had full mouth X-rays every 1-2 years!! So I went to a new dentist and they said they couldn’t clean my teeth unless they took X-rays first. So, I was in Italy and went to an excellent dentist and he laughed when I told him what my dentist said. He said, “Americans always complicate matters. I wouldn’t do an X-ray unless there was a reason to, like pain for instance”. They do not require regular Xrays. BTW, the dentist where I was in Washington State said it was “the law” that X-rays and exam are required initially before they can work on you!!!! I’d sure like to know if that is true!! 7:26 You are exactly right!! I said no thanks, and when I went to Italy recently, I had my teeth cleaned and paid a third of what Id be charged
I would love to know if it’s also REALLY required by law to do x-rays before cleaning. I haven’t seen a dentist in 2+ years now; have been eating a mostly carnivore diet for 1-1/2 years, and my mouth is in excellent shape. Most of my tooth sensitivity to cold has left. I also drink RO filtered water, so I avoid fluoride. I carefully brush and floss every night. I also brush with a tooth powder that’s made of nano particle hydroxyapatite.
In UK I have never had an xray before my dental clean, why would you ?
X-rays are required to assure there are no pathologies, decay and to check bone level and bone health. The insistence on either doing the X-ray or signing the form of refusal is simply to prevent any future liability IF there was a problem that went undetected. The proliferation of lawsuits in the US is behind all of this in my view. It seems silly to have an X-ray if you feel there is nothing wrong, however periodontal disease is called the silent disease for a reason, and abscess can be silent until it’s not as well. All that said, if you floss your teeth ~correctly~ daily, have routine 6 month (more frequent if you have advanced periodontal disease) cleanings and take 2-4 bitewing X-rays every 1-2 years and a full mouth set every 5-7+ years that’s all you need! I’ve been a Dental Hygienist for over 35 years, I also say NO to fluoride.
@@kristinsewell8769 You’ve been brainwashed m’dear.
@@eugeniebreidaCurious why you believe so.
This is a Total Scam Pushed by ALL DDS I've been to. It is gross, wrong and a money grab. Glad you were blunt!!! So many need to PUSH back on the X-ray baloney. It is a constant battle for me.
That X-ray machine is a cash cow for the dentist. I’ve been refusing since the '90s.
I don't see how you will be able to get a dental cleaning in the future because they all seem to be enforcing the xrays now.
@ hmmm. I’m in Asia, here they still accept "no". I suppose the xray fee is their entire profit margin in the west. Or the lion's share. Those machines must be expensive too, almost certainly bought with installments. Terrible incentive!
Smart!
I’m so immersed in the system that I have never even thought to question the dentist’s x-rays. Thank you for pointing this out!
Reag Gerd Giogarenzers book "risk savvy". You might find a couple of other medical tests to avoid.
@@robin48gx THANKYOU
Same here. What are we to do? I need my teeth cleaned. And I cannot afford to go to Europe.
Me too! So glad I came across this video 🙏
I used to be immersed as well. But no more. Relying more and more on old fashioned tried and true remedies. Grateful to God for good health at 86.
You are a good man, and i listen to your every word.
70 male.
2 years ago i weaned off 3 heart meds, 2 opioid pain meds, gout meds....been clean now for a year and feeling much better.
No medical since early 2019....pure blood.
Swish your mouth with coconut oil and your good.
No jab I hope !
Dr. Suneel, thank you for another excellent video! I absolutely agree with you. I refuse X Ray every time I go to see my dentist for cleaning my teeth. I do cleaning once a year not 2x a year. I don't want to be radiated either. Radiation is bad for the patient's health and excellent for the dentist's pocket pushing x-rays on every patient who walks in. I have a very good relationship with my dentist but follow my own protocol not their protocol. Once a year teeth cleaning and NO X-rays. If I have a pain in my tooth I told my dentist to fix my tooth without the x-ray. Just remove the cavity and fill the tooth. Eva rules over her own health not my doctor! Thank you again for taking your time to make these great informative videos. People are fed up with paying enormous amount of money every time they have to see a doctor or a dentist even if they have an insurance. There is always an extra charge for everything. 🙂🙂🙂
That is unacceptable. Thank you for saying no.
Same happened to me. I went for teeth cleaning, and they insisted on xrays. I let them. And after they "found" that I have 10! teeth that "needed" to be "fixed". Mind it, the year before I had not "problem teeth" after not going to a dentist for 3 years, and this year I "had" 10! teeth that "needed to be fixed". I know my teeth! There were times when I would not go to a dentist for 10 years, and no problems. I told them that they are running a scam and that I am not going back or letting them touch my teeth. Some dentists are SCAMMERS!
well done for asserting yourself! I would have done the same. I stopped going to the dentist over 3 years ago and for the first time in my life, I have no dental problems! I use sunflower oil pulling twice a day for 20 minutes each, and clean my teeth with natural soap instead of toothpaste. I am healthy and so is my family as they do the same. Problems solved!
My dentist tries to get x-rays every year, but I push back and only allow it every 2-3 years. (In his defense, I have had a bone loss problem in two isolated areas and have enough of a tartar build-up problem that it's probably justified. Strangely enough, I NEVER used toothpaste after I was about 8 years old, and NEVER had a cavity until I was about 45 years old!)
Dentist creating gum disease.😅
I relocated to a rural area and went to a new dentist for an exam and cleaning. They asked how long since my last visit. I said 7 years. I was scolded that I needed to have an exam every 6 months. The dentist did not find anything wrong with my teeth or say anything about having gingivitis or gum disease.
The dental hygienist remarked about my lapse in dental care. After he checked my gums for pockets he said I had too many and it would be better to have my gums like a collar or turtle neck to be easier to clean.
When he started scraping my teeth I was having sharp pains and I complained. He said it was the tartar I was feeling cutting my gums. He kept wiping the instrument and his fingers on the bib.
When he was finished with the polishing he gave me a mirror to look at my teeth without removing the bib. I was totally horrified by the amount of blood on the bib and the fact that he let me see it.
I left the office feeling brutalized and thought he got some kind of perverted satisfaction by punishing me for my "delinquency". It was several more years before I went back and there was a new hygienist, thank God!
@@AngelBaby11117hi, that is basically normal because the tartar builds up past the gum line. I get my teeth cleaned once every 10 to 12 years. I was born in a mining town that has high levels of fluoride in the ground water. My teeth are extremely hard. I’m 62 and have zero cavities. That tartar can only be removed past the gum line with scraping and pressure. My gums bleed too when the cleaning is being done. That is a good sign you have healthy gums. I would not freak out too much. You were not abused. Just know that is a normal reaction when the tartar is getting removed from the under the gum line. Cheers !
Thank you for speaking out, it's so good to hear a Dr addressing medical scams! When ordinary people try to speak up or have an opinion, we're dismissed as a 'difficult person", 'crazy', 'uneducated', even 'conspiracy theorist', the list goes on!
Yep, and in terms of pain management, we are all addicted or want to make $ selling our medication. In reality, we have a right to be out of pain and have a right to a certain quality of life!
Time to start impose rules and laws on these dentist and crooked Dr.”s 💪👊😡
I have had too many crappy dentists. One told me I had to have an X-ray or he wouldn’t be my dentist anymore. TRUTH. Also a friend was told by a dentist that he needed $10000 worth of work. My friend went to another dentist for his next cleaning and funny…he didn’t need a thing ! And hasn’t since! That was 8 years ago!
Since the pandemic I’ve taken the extreme stance of prevention. I’ve never been so healthy. They can all bog off. Well done Dr D.
Bravo! Somebody finally bringing this up.
Thank you! We just moved to Alberta and I had to go thru the same thing! They charged me $500 for xrays and cleaning when I had no problems! My husband found a different dentist and paid $75 for a cleaning. But every dentist visit for the past 15 years has been the same - need xrays before cleaning.
That was a great video. I'm a 70yr old women in good health and great teeth . When i moved to Florida, trying to just get my teeth cleaned was virtually impossible without getting x rays. The scam runs deeper . Several hygenest then run a text poking my gums and measuring how deep they go. I then get an analysis that gives me options on how much money I am willing to spend to prevent further gum loss. It was such BS 😂
That hygienist who was 'poking' your gums was competent and responsible, which not all are. She was assessing your mouth to get a baseline and the recorded measurements assist during the cleaning and for future evaluation. As a hygienist myself, I have worked on countless patients who did not have a conscientious hygienist like yours, and their mouths conditions were shamefully diseased.
My friend was told he had deep pockets in his gums. He went home and daily dipped dental floss in hydrogen peroxide and carefully worked on those pockets until his follow-up visit. When he returned all the plaque was gone and his gums were pink and healthy.
Hygienists are probing deep pockets around your teeth that if left untreated lead to infection, bone loss and eventually your tooth will fall out. How much money you spend depends on how much do want to keep your teeth. You spend now and have your real teeth last much longer or you can just get on the express train to dentures. Which aren’t cheap, wear out and have to be replaced not to mention all the money you”lol spend on goop to keep them from falling out while talking and eating. And… if you think “I’ll just get implants…” No you won’t. You won’t be a good candidate because you have terrible degenerative bone loss from the untreated periodontal disease that you didn’t want to pay for when it was a minor issue. 😂
@@jdoveyk9422so you put a funny emoji by that?
@@bluejayspeanut There's a legit way to do that test and there's a scam way. I have experienced both. The scam way uses a sharp probe that is much thinner than the blunt legit probe. I even had a "dentist" JAM a sharp probe into my gums so she could say I had "deep pockets." I ran out of that office and never looked back. Found a dentist that used the legit probe. Boom, 3-4mm of "depth" disappeared just by sitting in a different chair.
I had a situation where I was admitted into the hospital with a micro-bowel perforation from diverticulitis about 10 years ago. I was given a blood thinner, because it was protocol. I had no idea, so I went along with the first TWO injections (I believe they are/were about 4 hours apart). I asked why I was getting it, and was told it was for people who weren't getting up and moving around, which I was. I told the second nurse giving me the injection "I COULD (walk around often) get up, if that was what I needed to do, so why was I still be getting this injection?" ** SHE SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS ** As in "I dont know" She could not give me a reason for it?
The next nurse (when the shift changed) who came in, I asked her the same question. She came in, CLOSED THE DOOR TO MY ROOM, and proceeded to tell me that I could refuse ANY medical services I wanted. I HAD NO IDEA! I always thought that "doctors have my BEST interest at heart, why would they do anything they didn't NEED to do?" I didn't take anymore of those injections! AND I could not tell you how much I appreciated that nurses honesty! I will always remember her/that situation!
ALSO, now, I don't just do what my Dr says, I QUESTION EVERYTHING. I am truly my OWN advocate! BUT - my reasoning is because I understand that Drs are over worked & they have TONS of patients (I am not their only one). I should do what's best for me, with the help from my Dr, They only sit with me for a short period of time, I should know what is going on with my body and do my VERY best to do what I can to stay healthy. It is NOT my Drs responsibility, it is mine.
It's called the Patient Bill of Rights in all hospitals including the Department of Veteran Affairs.
This happened to me last week. I was called in for a cleaning, and had no issues with my teeth. Before I could sit in the treatment chair, the hygienist announced that she would take a series of X-rays before getting started on the cleaning. After talking my ear off, the dentist told me it would be illegal to clean my teeth if they didn't X-ray me first. That clever assertion added insult to injury. At that point, I walked out, because he could not permit me to decline without admitting that he had just lied. I think they have convinced themselves that there is zero risk to radiation, regardless of the patient's combined exposure. To this young dentist, the X-ray is just another carefree source of revenue. The patient's preference and freedom to choose are of no interest.
I totally agree with your approach. In Belgium too the dentist cabinet I go to for a yearly cleaning tries this X-ray scam on me. When i ask why I need the x-ray they say it's just to take a good look at my dental health and even add that the radiation is so minimal and that we get more radiation by just stepping out into the sun! Their logic is baffling. In any case, here things are not extreme and they back off when one says no to the x-ray. The other thing that has been particularly irksome in my case is that after having gone to the same dentist cabinet for years for the routine cleaning they suddenly came up with a special and expensive treatment for me for my receding gums. They said my gums were in a bad state and after the treatment they recommended how I should be brushing my teeth etc to prevent the problem. Why wasn't this told to me when the problem first began? They had been looking at my oral health for years during every single cleaning. Why did they wait for the point of no return? Anybody's guess is as good as mine. Evidently they just want to sell you treatments and products. Well, I had to learn my lesson the hard way but for younger (and older) folk reading this, just clean your teeth really well every night. Get rid off all food particles between teeth with floss and interdental brushes, massage your gums with your index finger (don't brush your gums) and finish off with a salt (just a pinch will do) gargle. I use a drop of clove oil in coconut oil for the gum massage. All this is a bit of a procedure but it is worth the effort. You will have squeaky clean teeth and hardly any gum problems.
This!! I was a bit behind on my cleanings and because I was over 50 I think they thought I was an easy target. They said that I had “advanced” gum disease and would have to do special monthly cleanings for a year and other procedures that were recommended that insurance wouldn’t cover. I asked them to just do a regular cleaning and I’d think about the rest. “Oh no!!! We cant do a regular cleaning, there is too much liability!!” Left there and used salt and clove essential oil to brush my teary for several weeks. Went to a new dentist and they said my gums were great! It’s like dealing with a car salesman, everything is an upsale and free based. It’s ridiculous. Also, dental insurance is ridiculous. They get quote from insurance, you pay hundreds on your portion only for them to come back 3 months later to say you owe them hundreds more because there was no way of actually know what would be covered 🙄
This is exactly what happened to me too. They told me I had gum disease. Walked out without getting anything done or signing anything. Found reviews and similar complaints with this office. Went somewhere else and was told my gums and teeth were fine. I have found that about 95% of dentists out there are like that now. You have to be extra vigilant and do your homework. Surprisingly, I went to an eye doctor years ago who was like this running all sorts of tests and I ended up with a huge bill from it. I made a complaint and they removed the charges. Believe it or not, unnecessary surgeries happen all the time too at great expense and potential risks to the patient.
Report them. This happened locally and a doctor list his license as a result. He was recommending very expensive work.
Same here. I called bullshit and never went back
Salt and clove oil?? Tell me more please
@ when I researched, salt water is good to gargle with when you have mild gum issues. I also used an essential oil blend (On Guard from DoTerra) that has clove and other oils good for healing. I put a drop on my toothbrush which was plenty but I probably could have swished it with the saltwater as well. It worked
I'm 55, never had a cavity or any dental issues in my life. I go for cleanings every 6 months and they always want to do those x-rays at least once per year. I was told "it let's us see if there are any cavities starting and we can catch them early". My last visit was in April. After they did the xray the dentist (who never addressed me but stayed behind my head talking to the hygienist) said "yeah, there is a change in her tooth. Go ahead and make her an appointment for a filling." and then he left. Never discussed my thoughts about it. I said no, no. The tooth feels fine to me, I'm going to try to heal it. Still not having any problems.... The name of the game is "drill, fill and bill"..
🇨🇦 hygienist here. If there's no history of decay, typically 24-36 months for xrays, but xrays are clients specific. If its great oral hygiene and no health complications, good diet there is no reason for 12 months.
I hate it when dentists don't take the time to explain to patients what's going on. But I have worked with some where that's what happens. Before you do anything have the hygienist explain why you need the restoration. If she can't, I suggest perhaps finding a new dr you can trust, and takes the time to explain, they do exist.
There's different stages of decay, incipient caries where it's less than 50% in the enamel (outer layer). It doesn't require any attention (it can remineralize). But to help remineralize it with things like hydroxyapatite and being aware of acid exposure. If it's more than 50% into the enamel and growing rapidly is when it's usually recommended treatment because if it gets into the second layer which is dentin the decay rapidly takes over, and if it hits the nerve, the infection takes over which requires a root canal. (For the price of root canals and infection rate after most dentist I've worked with recommend implants instead if all else healthy, and no history of smoking or unstable diabetes)
Ultimately ask questions, if it doesn't feel right it probably isn't.
I hope this comment helps 🙏 😊
You don't need a cleaning every six months.
@@milliethemillinator3154 just like xrays being client specific. So are cleaning. If you're a person who has a good diet, takes proper care of your teeth, no history of unstable diabetes ect. Typically I recommend 6-9-12 months. Depends on the person, everyone has different needs. Ive seen some pts they hadn't been in 2 years and immaculate oral hygiene I was beyond impressed. But also, I've seen others every 3 months (heavy deposit, not great oral care, cluster of health issues) and they put me to work.
@@milliethemillinator3154 I know. You're right. I'm probably going to start going annually. Thank you for the confirmation.
@@laurajean94 Thank you for this professional information! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share. I will look into the hydroxyapatite (haven't heard of that). I've been following the Dr. Ellie Phillips system.
The same scam was played on me in Australia. I flatly refused it. I was there for my dental cleaning routinely. Utterly disgusting.
It is rather interesting, my medical doctor has never ordered an X-ray in a situation where I did not have a specific complaint that needed a deeper look. But the dentist wants them at least annually with or without any complaint.
Thank you for bringing this issue to light. I've been standing my ground on x-rays for around 20 years now here in the U.S., but it's a struggle and many dentists simply refuse your business if you won't submit. Because of this and the astronomical cost of teeth scaling, I have only been to a dentist once in the past 8-9 years.
what a fool, thats why people end up with dentures. gross
@@lizstromsnesdolz629 don't be dense. people who go to the dentist regularly also wear dentures - probably have a higher risk of having healthy teeth pulled, given a root canal or any number of unnecessary things. dentures have nothing to do with dentist visits and vice versa. many people can care for their own car, their own home and their own body without needing professional intervention if they have good habits and take proper care of what they have. For profit healthcare is just that - and it is "not" good healthcare -- when it is 'for' profiting.
My last dentist utterly destroyed my life when I was a teenager. I wanted to end myself I was in so much pain. I remember distinctly when I had my wisdom teeth ripped out (he refused to knock me out, kept me awake during the whole thing which was stressful for a teenager.) they put TWO gauze in my bottom left wound. They only took out one. I brought it up, they said nah they don't see an extra gauze. Ok I guess I imagined it even though I was wide awake. Well cut to a few months later I have a dry socket, and the left side is not healing. I tell them about the gauze, they say "nah it's just tissue that's healing. Cut to another year later and the hole is open, it stinks of rot, and I'm telling them they left a gauze. Ok, dentist finally decides to test to see if I'm right, yes there is a gauze. He pulls it out, and out comes an explosion of blood. Dry socket took forever to heal, and I was miserable and unhappy until I was 18 years old. THEN, two years later they tell me I have two cavities, they can't see anything on the x-ray, but they decide to go in anyway because there is an occlusal stain on my left molar. That cavity never healed right, and the doctor told me he could do a root canal, and also that I had 16 other cavities. At that point I was done, and lived with the sensitivity of my back molar until it finally became manageable. It's been almost 20 years, I have not been to the dentist since. I guess those 16 cavities just disappeared because I feel fine and it's been a good long while.
JESUS BLESS U
@@gsssprocketThank you! God bless you too. ❤
@@sidescrollmusic THATs totally gross. How many teeth have fallen out?
@@melindahall5062lol none. My teeth are fine. I just take good care of them and avoid sugar and carbs. That does the trick.
Oh wow, I have a similar story!!! Ugh, the dentist is frightening!
I have had that same conversation every time I go in for cleaning. I allow them only if something hurts. It has been 20 years since my last set of ex rays. Just another scam to charge insurance. I just don’t want my head radiated unless needed.
Dental hygienist here . Waiting until a tooth hurts means the decay has gotten deep enough to reach the nerve which in turn means your tooth cannot be fixed with a simple filling and now needs a root canal and crown to save it . Or possibly you have gum disease that has caused u a gum access which means u have lost bone around the tooth which is a chronic infection and possible loss of the tooth…
@@tamb7587....interesting. because all of my fillings were done in the 1970s and 1980s without any root canals. And the cavities were evidenced by my pain, not by any x,-rays. Back then, cleanings weren't even heard of.
"I. just don’t want my head radiated unless needed.". Your cellphone takes care of that!
@@youknowitistruelol! I doubt it. They said that about landlines when they came out.
@@sassysandie2865 I understand the radiation makes people dumber and averse to intelligent remarks on youtube threads.
Correct,tremendous waste of unnecessary resources, you are a powerful doctor.
In Canada I could go to my dentist and just get a cleaning. Here in Florida they want to do 14 xrays, a panoramic scan and gum test. If you do not pass you need a deep cleaning. This is all an insurance scam. If you just want a cleaning say you have no insurance.
Just tell them No, Canada does it better. =p
I haven't had insurance for 20 years, makes no difference.
I totally agree Dr. Dhand. So many not needed dental exrays. No wonder people get cancer in their head and neck and thyroid!! I will tell you this is even more pronounced in the veterinary offices for pets! I just wanted a dental for my little 4.5# chihuahua who was a bit elderly. The vet insisted that I give her no less than SIX vaccines before he would clean her teeth!! Imagine giving such a tiny animal six shots at one time?? I refused. I told him I would allow ONE vaccine and for him to pick one! He finally relented and they cleaned her teeth. These forced services are not right! I was sitting in the vet office when a customer came in and asked for flea medicine for their dog. The receptionist looked on the chart and informed the customer that she could not get flea meds because her dog had not been in for his check up and was behind on his vaccines!! Can you imagine this? These vets have sold their practices to corporations and these "protocols" have suddenly become their policy when it never was before. It's horrid. I know that six shots would have probably killed my little dog. What are these people thinking? Common sense has taken flight!! And concern for science and health of patient, whether human or animal, is of NO priority.
People should start using their brains and just say NO. Also call them out on their nasty little tricks.
And watch out for those pet vaccines. They are now developing and using the MRNA technology in the vet world. 6 vaccines would be outrageous on any animal, but a small senior dog is crazy. Good for you.
None -no vaccine-None - stand up
@@lollyd1276in the USA only rabies is required by law
Need to find a holistic vet. That is insane.
Was going to a new dentist in an area I moved to for years. Nearly EVERY time I'd go for the cleaning... suddenly I would have cavities that needed attention. Had a few over many years before, but never anything like once I started with this new dentist. Each time, 2 to 4 areas that were needing work - allegedly. Once the waiting room was suddenly expanded with brand new huge TV's, new furniture, large area for the 2 or 3 assistants working the phone and greeting people all got out of complete control, it became obvious why there were always problems that needed work when I'd go. I finally just stopped about a year and a half ago, found a new dentist and the ONLY thing that has needed to be done since, ironically, was repair of the work that the other dentist had done to fix some of the fillings that had chipped. I have always refused the flouride "treatments", every time, everywhere. It's a freaking neurotoxin, so, no thanks.
My gosh, I am so sorry that happened to you!!! 😢 That’s just evil.
I know someone who quit being a hygienist because the dentist kept filling teeth that didn't have cavities!
@@susansmith4362 😳… it’s horrifying to consider how often such deception is being practiced - additionally, each drill-n-fill compromises the strength of each tooth!
My wife and I left a dentist after a few visits for a similar reason - the number of "cavities" he was finding in people was abnormal. I still believe I was given a crown I didnt need within those few visits until we figured it out and split. Unfortunately the age of the professional or "expert" has past, especially in the medical industry where hearing about profit over people has become pretty common. Trust but Verify
And they add fluoride to drinking water… the Flouride Action Network just won a legal case in September AGAINST flouride in water… it’s been in court for 7 years!!!
This is a very common practice here in Australia as well. Everytime you walk into any dental clinic for anything, cleaning, or even if it's just consultation they want to take x-rays of your whole mouth!! Thank you for confirming and callingout this rort...it's all about the money and what they can bill you or your private health insurance. An average standard cleanse can cost from $250-$550 depending on the dental practice. There are no standard pricing and you usually don't know final price until after the treatment, which I think is a total scam! It's pure greed sadly.
I agree. Another online doctor (MD) said that he refuses the whole mouth X-rays when he's only having one tooth worked on. The dentist wanted full mouth X-rays and he told them "No thank you, just X-ray the one tooth that's getting worked on". As far as primary caregivers, I don't participate in that either. When I have a need to see a doctor, I make an appointment. I do not participate in endless tests, procedures and needless medications. I appreciate your videos.
Oh yes, been there, done that. In 2020 during pandemic, we made appointments for dental check ups in Wyoming because we refused to wear masks. We are in Colorado. Got there, all was good initially but was told that we needed to set up deep root cleaning ( both of us) and there was no need for a routine dental. We left. Six months ago, more of the same. Went to my regular dentist in Colorado and was told I needed a deep root cleaning. They still planned on doing my regular cleaning but '"ran out of time" and it never happened. I'm almost 74, an RN and in excellent physical condition. I've followed all the principles you espouse over the last 40 plus years.
I've never had a tooth pulled ( aside from wisdom teeth as a teenager), never had a toothache, do all the preventative care that can be done. HAVE fallen for the xray scam for years but no more!
I think the "key" for their insistence for procedures is my husband and I have double dental coverage from our previous employers and they see a gravy train in us. I swear I am never going back.
Check out the carnivore diet. Nothing to clean is what my results have been after 28 months. Today is my 74th birthday.
What is deep root cleaning? Surly there can be no such thing. Can you imagine exposing a root to clean it!!!!!! The mind boggles at the thought.
You can clean above the gumline, and you can also clean the space below the gum line which is called root planing. (You know how pop corn husks get caught under your gum - that space, but it can get much deeper than a popcorn husk, sometimes well over 10 mm below the gum line.) Sometimes it's called deep cleaning. An instrument is inserted under the gum line and the root surface is scraped with it to remove diseased root, hard calculus buildup, plaque… Think of it like debriding a badly infected wound which removes the infection and infected tissue and prevents further disease and damage.
I am a hygienist and I've seen countless new patient with severely diseased gums and bone, sometimes loose teeth as a result. They may not have been going to a practice, or have been going to a practice for many years and their practitioners did not address the disease. Some people were upset because they thought I was the scammer so I would give them a mirror and show them the damage to their guns and I would let them see me pull up the debris from under their gums. Grossed some of them out.
Part of my point is there is scamming everywhere and it can be hard to know if it's happening to you. For the RN above I couldn't say for sure but everything you've said about your health and self-care has only a little bearing on whether you need root planning or not. Maybe your original practitioner should have been doing it all along and wasn't, or somebody is trying to scam, or although not common in your age group - your mouth could be perfectly fine. You could get an assessment by another practitioner and they should be able to tell you the measurements of your gums, and show you bone loss and calculus on the x-rays. If the disease was really bad they could show you your teeth are loose just by wiggling them.
@@bluejayspeanut Get a bit of food under the gum is painful, the only time I go mouthwash & toothbrush crazy. Doing that must be torture. Plus it leaves a gap for a while, room for even more food to get trapped. A vicious circle.
I allowed them to do root canal, costs $1,600.00, I paid in cash. Well that was the beginning to the end of my teeth. Root canal teeth got infected do to they only put in a temporary filling that they did not tell me was temporary those 2 teeth severely infected which went into the jaw bone and now I don’t even look into a mirror anymore because all I see is how ugly I am not that I was beautiful but to see that ugly reflection of myself overwhelms me with such a horrible emotional pain inside. I now see and worse feel ugly.
I have been refusing dental x-rays for the past 5 years. My dentist retired and a new dentist took his place. I was told by this new dentist if I don't get x-rays he will no longer be my dentist! They have always had me sign a waiver saying that I refused x-rays. He said that he can't give me the care I deserve if I don't have x-rays. I told him that I have no problems but they still wanted me to do the x-rays. I have to pay out of pocket for any dental and it seemed like an unnecessary expense. I just figured this was a way for them to drum up some money and find something wrong so they could fix it.
Go carnivore and you can forget about the dentist. You barely have to brush your teeth if you are full carnivore. Search it up, there are testimonies of people’s experiences.
@misty2montana1 - We don't have this garbage in Australia. Why would you even sign a waiver? They are not legal people. They only carry on like this because people will not stand their ground.
If you have a dental college nearby they usually have a miniscule fee for x-rays.
Yup
@@Hatbox948 I actually don't want x-rays because I figure unless I have pain, my teeth are fine and I don't want the radiation.
You have just gotten a new subscriber, Doc! I have had the same experiences with a former dentist that wouldn't accept me as a new patient if I didn't do x-rays. I had no oral complaints, just wanted a cleaning. My son's pediatric dentist hates me because I ask questions and refuse unnecessary treatments and x-rays. I am not a "doctor" but I retired from a long 22 year multidisciplinary career in health sciences. I have enough medical knowledge to make informed decisions. When I took a health administration course in college, my perspectives changed once I realized that many hospitals are for-profit. The for-profit system prefers uninformed consumers that submit to predatory protocols for profit bottom lines. Gotta stay outta the red.
Truthfully, capitalism is a religion and people worship mammon. The predatory market controls the people’s behaviors. Thus, society is full of paycheck predators preying on vulnerable consumer sheep that follow the sponsored pied-pipers deemed "experts." Basic human survival instincts are non-existent in modern civilizations.
The difference in capitalism and crony capitalism. Also don't go to greedy people.
Capitalism is way better than any socialism.
Im a british dentist and a subscriber. In the usa, i find overtreatment takes place , in the uk, i find patients are often undertreated. To some extent economics is involved. However, for a new patient , xrays are indicated to assess a baseline for the oral tissues. Detection of cavities, gum disease, bone levels etc. If sunil had his teeth cleaned but gum disease went undiagnosed, the dentist would be open to litigation . To some extent its watching your own back. Risk assesment for decay has to be assesed. The higher the risk ie previous level of fillings, the more the risk etc so x rays would be indicated. To decline a cleaning unless x rays are taken would mean that true informed consent was not being sought. A good practioner should justify an x ray exposure . In the uk we have guide lines from the royal colledge of surgeons which explain x ray criteria. In any case, overuling the patient is assault in my book. In the past xrays were performed far too often. The new approach is more patuent centred , in the uk anyway
Thank you, Dr Dhand. I'm a RN in rural Minnesota, US. I was to the dentist for a cleaning, as well, recently. The hygienist reminded me I had not gotten x-rays for the past 2 years. I told them I don't want x-rays, as I have had no issues with my teeth (plus I have to pay out of pocket for this). I had to sign a paper stating I declined the x-rays. At the end, the hygienist told me my teeth looked excellent. What a bunch of extra expense. If I was having a problem, I would of course, want x-rays. But my teeth, are thankfully, very good. This is a racket to make more money. I got out of that appointment for $135, thankfully.
Your teeth may look excellent from the outside, but unless your hygienist has x-ray vision you don't know what is on the inside. Maybe it's fine? Maybe not? What a patient "feels" in their mouth is a very poor indicator of what is going on. What we see clinically tells part of the story, but not all of it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen patients with very large cavities and infections that are completely asymptomatic and not visible clinically. That being said, I think you should be able to make that choice to have x-rays or not, just understand that your dentist might not be able to diagnose present decay, infections, diseases that have the potential to be more costly(both financally and health wise) than if they were caught early.
I have had this exact same experience in my dentist's office! I am not a doctor, and they had such a negative reaction to this that I ended up feeling bad. I said I didn't want the radiation unless it was absolutely necessary ( and I had no problems with my teeth). They finally agreed but said in a scolding voice that I would have to have it next time. Thank you so much for talking about this, because they talked to me as if I was being difficult because I don't want x-rays every time!
This is the issue you need to understand, just because you don't feel pain DOES NOT mean your teeth are fine. How do we know it is necessary if we can't see cavities in between the teeth with out the xrays. All I can say is I hope you are flossing!
Its called "gaslighting" a patient. 🙁
Hi Dr, so glad you’re putting the spotlight on dental 🦷 practices too. We need to expose unnecessary and expensive procedures ( that are called routine).
You hit the nail on the head! I went to the dentist to have my tooth fixed and they wanted to do panoramic x-rays and then another kind of partial panoramic. Nothing to do with what I came for then they wanted to do deep cleaning and they said they wouldn’t do any dental work until I did the deep cleaning series which was about $3000. Needless to say, I never went back to that Dentist what a scam they training their staff to push the needless procedures to rack up more money. I’m done with it.
Wow, how crazy is your story?
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I bet they had a financial department, as well. Lol. "Oh, don't worry about the cost. You can finance and pay 30% interest for the rest of your life. No biggie, right?" Greedy sickos....!
Yes, it’s ridiculous. First, you know they just have to do the bite-wing x-rays, then this 360 degree panoramic x-ray that isn’t covered by insurance (not covered last time I went). I haven’t been back. My out-of-pocket was $1500.
@matthewnow33-
Wow, do people actually sign up for those types of financing plans?
..and inspection your gums, clean your teeth and open your wallet….
This happened to me too, I told my dentist that I want x-rays every 5 years and they were ok with that.
Some people just do whatever they’re told regardless of the consequences
Wow.. you got all that right. I’m 76 and have had to go through this protocol for years and years. I’ve decided no more. I will refuse X-rays unless I have an issue. I go to Dr once a year. Get labs drawn and that’s it. As an ex-nurse I review them myself. The further we stay away from medical “care” the better off we are. Thats my motto and I’m sticking to it!
I hope you at least have mammograms. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer that was found with a mammogram. She didn't have any lumps or other symptoms. The cancer was found early enough that she only needed a lumpectomy. She was lucky.
Mammograms are evil. They CAUSE cancer and what's more a HIGH level of diagnosis of cancer are INCORRECT and this is PROVEN. THEN the treatment they inflict in you makes you sick. Please wake up. @@MsPea
How can you tell you’re healthy just with blood tests ?
Is that possible . ? Curious
@MsPea that happened tomy friend who had mammogram found cancer in milk duct early stage it was no bigger than finger nail size.She had op and is fine 6yrs later
I almost hesitated to listen to this but so glad I did. An actual doctor who is saying no to useless, expensive tests and sharing about it with why he makes these decisions. My respect to you is far greater than to my heart doctor that I challenge frequently (with a note pad for a prescription and admits to no nutritional training). Thanks.
During a job related dental conference I attended with my boss I found myself filling in for him in a seminar. I was a bit shocked to hear the dentist basically saying since we don’t have the need for as much dental work with increased measures preventing cavities we need to start doing 2x a year cleanings rather than the yearly cleanings to make up for loss in revenue.
I’m 73 now with all my teeth, no gum issues and I get my teeth cleaned every 2-3 years. Both my parents had “good” teeth so genes are there. I also refuse X-rays. I know how it works..you take the X-ray..dr glances at it and goes into your folder here’s a new toothbrush for you. Last visit was $400. No insurance. I won’t be going back. Bet his assistant hasn’t had a raise in years.
Same thing happened to me in the US. I left the office because they wouldn't proceed with the cleaning without the x ray. Most Americans completely capitulate to anyone with a title and they were baffled by my refusal
Lol, good for you!...😂
a lot of people are too shy to confront others and this is why they get away with it.
@vaderladyl
Yes. Why it can be important to such people to have an advocate/companion accompany them!
Ditto!
It’s not a title. It’s an educated professional taking care of you.
A cleaning appointment also includes an examination of the health status of your mouth. That can’t be done without seeing between and inside of teeth.
Thanks as always Dr. Dhand! I had a dentist pull a couple of my molars out, after showing me the x-rays, and saying they were bad. I commented they look the same as the other teeth, but he insisted they were dead, and had to go. When I think back, I should have got a second opinion. After that, he kept asking when I was going to get the implants to replace them, at $5000.00 EACH!! It's ALL about the money these days!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
I get like a 3rd opinion about even a cavity.
Yep that was the goal, you got your teeth yanked for future profit.
I'm 57 years old, live in California, and I've never had x-rays offered (or pushed) when I've gone in for a cleaning. I also have raised my kids going to the dentist once or twice a year for checkups and we've always declined the fluoride. We've used my own homemade toothpaste made from a 50/50 mixture of coconut oil and baking soda (I added xylitol when the kids were little as a sweetener and extra antibacterial) for almost 20 years now and none of my kids have had a single cavity since we stopped all fluoride and I've explained that to all the dentists we've had over the years. Mixed reactions, but most of them have been very impressed. We've had very positive experiences with all our dentists for the last 35+ years when just explaining to them what we're doing and have rarely needed x-rays, only for potential tooth pulling or orthodontia.
It’s the love of money . My dentist retired and my cleaning charge increased from $65 ( and I refused X-rays ) to almost $400 with the new dentist and her fancy office and xray equipment ( I had X-rays done ) . What a scam . I’m finding a new old school dentist .
Had the same dentist in Miami for
20+ years. Never had that 360° X ray there, was Never offered a deep cleaning with root scaling either.
Here in Tallahassee the hygienist was not interested in doing a regular cleaning after I refused a 2 session deep cleaning to be paid out of pocket
Looking for an old school HONEST dentist here in Tallahassee
One that is skilled enough to do his own root canals too.
Anyone ?
As a single mother of three ( father passed away , when i had a 3 n half , a 2 year old , and 3 months pregnant ) . I could not afford a dental private practice . Which its why i nearly always had to use the government dental hospitals. This has been one of my most regretted things i have done in my life . Because now i have hardly any teeth left , due to The criminal treatments i got in these types of places ( Australia) . Three times , i had a dentist pull teeth out , when there was no need , and he/they ( twice ) put his foot on the chair , to use more force to pull it out , which i practically fainted. my tooth/teeth were in no need for an extraction . This left me with so much fear of dentist , which in turn put me in a worst disadvantage situation . 😪
So very sorry to hear your dreadful experiences. I truly hope that things get better for you, and wish you and your children very well. ❤
@@jeannettem-zt6vy Oh, please, spare me your story about how your bad dental hygiene caused your teeth to fall out. YOU didn’t take care of them!!
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Dr. Suneel, you are music to my ears. This entire medical and dental system in America is absolutely compromised. How did this great country get to this point? It's absolutely disgusting.
* great.. whole world
Worship of the Almighty dollar of course. Corruption follows. Our whole system has decay.
It’s called greed and at this point it’s permeating the entire culture. People are not satisfird with just making a good living, they want more, always more. It’s an insatiable hunger for money.
Hello, first time here. Thank you for the video. I totally agree. I have had many same experiences through the years with my original dentist of over 40 years and now with his replacement. This is basically how it would go…Assistant: we will take X-rays today before your cleaning. Me: No thank you. Assistance: Oh, I’m sorry, if you can’t afford them today we can reduce the cost or put you on payment plan. Me: I can afford them, I just don’t want them. I’m not having any problems, plus I have fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue & try not to expose myself to extra radiation. Assistance: No worries the X-rays are no more than using your cell phone. Me: No thank you. Assistance: Well, I’ll have to call the dentist in to speak with you. Me: Ok thank you. Dentist: We need those x-rays to protect you from any unseen problems. (I tell him the same as I told the assistant of my health concerns and he repeats what the assistant had told me, comparing them to using a cell phone.) Me: No thank you. Finally, they agree to do the cleaning. Every. Single. Time.
Thank you SO much for covering this as I’m getting concerned at the x-ray pushing at my dentist here in Australia. So much so, I’ve put off going for my 6-monthly check up and clean because I don’t want to have to deal with a confrontation. Must harden myself up!
Uk here - I’ve had this argument with my dentist for years. I’ve explained that other health conditions mean I have to have X rays and CTs so don’t want more X rays unnecessarily. They say it’s to see if a problem is looming. It’s now on my notes no X-rays unless I have a dental issue but it’s an awkward conversation each time. So too was my refusal of prescription toothpaste with higher fluoride. I was laughed at by the assistant for saying I had concerns and didn’t want it. I stand my ground
Good for you! SHAME on the assistant for laughing. Always stand your ground. These people are our employees, and we must remember that. 👍
Good for you! You are very informed!
Have had exactly the same with my dentist and I gave exactly the same reasons for refusing. I had a private dentist who insisted on doing by annual x rays, and refused a radiation apron when I asked for one. I was intimidated into going along with this until he retired. At the new dentist, I said they could take one set of initial x rays and that was it. Somehow I have been persuaded into a second set - there won't be any more.
yeah it is awkward indeed, and we shouldn't have to live like this, we have the right to refuse treatment without having it turned into a debate with every single provider. This is why I hate going to doctors, and my politeness is very short to deal with all the BS and the sour looks they give you.
Gotta love the 5000 ppm prescription fluoride they're handing out like candy now when 50 ppm is hazardous to human health.
to assess gum disease x-rays are taken to review bone levels around your teeth. USA it is the standard to do full mouth X-rays for this. In the UK or Australia where I have and do work we would do OPG panoramic film and pocket charting to confirm bone heights. For a checkup, we would take small X-rays, one on each side to check for decay, tartar below the gum line and the state of current fillings for deficiencies or overhanging fillings. These are done for the first visit then on average every 2 years unless there is a problem that we need to review. Decay in its initial stages is very hard to spot by a visual examination only and can easily be missed as can bone loss, and periodontal disease hence why they had you sign to say you had declined and hence they are not liable for missed diagnosis. However, I am aware in the US that they will take full mouth x-rays every clean visit as insurance will often cover that and I feel that is far too often and not warranted. I hope that helps bring some clarity. Like many health conditions dental disease does not elicit symptoms nor pain in the early stages and by the time it is painful it is too late to be able to fix things simply if at all.
Thank you for this explanation
I went to many dentist offices in my life and none asked me to do a demo on how I brush my teeth, neither the dental hygienists that cleaned my teeth. I came to the conclusion, they don’t care. They just want I return as many times as possible -> Money! Money!
I really hope RFK knows about your channel and gets you involved in his health revolution.
I love what rfk Jr. has done with the Children's Health Defense 🍁
@@gorettyrogers7109 Yes . . .
Dr. Dhand needs to be on a cabinet advisory board, at a minimum.
Great idea!
Oh for crying out loud RFK is controlled opposition -
Most dentists in the USA violate their oaths daily
Doctors too.
You have it figured out doc
We need more Doctors like you here in the Uk too. Sending love from an Uruguayan in Wales. 🏴
I have shared your videos with some of my friends. We are all retired nurses and we love you! We wish so bad that you were here in Texas so you could be our doctor 😊
Thank you, and God bless you for bringing so much much light into a very dark industry 🙏
Yes, I knew from your introduction to the X-ray requirement that they "needed" an X-ray in order to bill the insurance for as much as they could get away with. I have stopped going to my Dr. because the ladt time I made an appointment they told me to go online to their website, download & complete a 2-page questionnaire which would be required in order to see the Dr. I know what happens to "private" health data these days & it's anything but private. So I declined the appointment. What a let down. I'm in my early 70s. I love your caring & honest program. God bless you.
I feel the same way about mammograms and other "pre-screening" tests. The statistics don't support the idea that pre-screening actually saves lives.
Personally, I'd rather know in advance if there's a problem and would be pre-screened any day
The sooner you catch a problem, the sooner it can be caught and addressed
I'm all for a pre-screening just to make sure there's no serious problems that MIGHT need attention LATER
If you don't do your pre-screenings, what if something's found too late and there's nothing they can do?
This is why I personally am all for pre-screening, but it should be at the patient's consent
The doctor can ask, and the patient has the option to choose
Prescreening will always be the way to catch potentially serious problems early, and I'm all for it, but I need the option to choose if I need it
Dentistry though, is Hands-On, so they NEED to KNOW for your safety if you have a serious problem that needs addressed before the cleaning so they don't end up hitting a painful spot you may not even know you have
Remember, a no dentist wants to hurt their patients by hitting a spot that patient may not know they have
I'm 73 I have never had a mammogram in my life and I never will.
You need to look into root canals as they are not good for you!
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@@0annonymouswhy do the practioners wear heavy duty lead protection vests in the room where you get a mammogram?
To reduce exposure to cancer causing radiation. This radiation is being transmitted into sqashed breast tissue.
Look into the increased rates of breastcancer. Do some research and make an informed choice.
I will never have another mammogram. I've seen very interesting research and made that decision.
They do it everywhere even in Canada. Whenever my children are myself or my family. Go to get our teeth clean. The first thing they try to force us to do a X-ray. Second thing is they try to tell me that my kids need to use fluoride, which is absolutely never going to happen.
Prosthodontist here. I don’t know how recently you had X-rays but the State Boards consider routine X-rays the standard of care so this is why you have to sign a release if you don’t want to take them. If you wait for a tooth to become symptomatic, it will likely be more costly to fix and there are more lawyers than dentists and they are eager to take a case of negligence. Not all of us are crooks but sadly many are so you are right to question everything….
@@markstankewitz2963 the ADA guidelines are X-rays every 2-3 years for an asymptomatic adult. Standard of care is Not a yearly bite wing, and literally never a panorex.
@ Dear friend, what I am saying is that if a patient should develop a cavity or toothache and become upset because you did not diagnose it. The State Board, at least in Texas may apply disciplinary action against you for not having recent or timely X-rays. You are correct that asymptomatic individuals should not need xrays as often as others but if there was to be a complaint against the clinician it would be entirely at the discretion of the State as to whether the patient should have had more recent X-rays or not. I an in agreement with you that films are not needed as often as they are routinely taken but dealing with the State does not necessarily have a predictable outcome for the clinician that follows the law. My hope is that more patients like yourself would educate themselves and caveat emptor. One more thing, signing a release is a good thing for everyone concerned, not a bad thing…
FYI the ADA recommends X-rays every 12 months and can be altered depending on the age, caries activity, etc. The altering factors would be allowed at the discretion of the clinician’s State Board.
@@markstankewitz2963 Mark, dear friend, you are wrong. Reference the ADA guidelines for radiography last updated 2012. An adult with no clinical evidence of caries should have X-rays every 2-3 years. You’ve got to know your own literature and recommendations to make educated recommendations to patients
@@markstankewitz2963 Then have your patients sign a form that they refused them then you are protected.
@@auricgoldfinger8478Lets say a patient has a crown to restore a tooth broken in an accident and is of low caries risk. Any tooth restored with a crown has a 5-7% risk of need a root canal due to a periapical infection. These infections can be asymptomatic and persist for years causing massive bone loss. Would you follow the guidelines you cite in this case?
It's a scam in Canada too!
Hey when does Trudeau-lini come up for a vote again?
Oh I bet! In Europe too. Everywhere.
@@dgunearthed7859 Unfortunately not for another year😒
Australia too
@@dgunearthed7859
Not soon enough.
I am a retired academic neurologist in California. I was referred to an endodentist for a gum abscess. I was suggested CT scan will have to be done first and I was fortunate the scan was available in the office but insurance will not cover. When I hesitated a dentist came and stated "we need the CT scan", (cost $140). I walked out and complained to my family dentist. I agree with your assessment.
i had an infection & abcess in one of my teeth. i went to the e.r. & they cut it & prescribed me pain & penicillin & my insurance covered all but my co-pay. i had been at work & went in a taxi in the middle oof the night as i working overtime on my nightshift. the e.r. was empty thankfully, man that hurt.
Sorry you walked out, but some times a CT scan is necessary especially on the maxillary!
Try tea tree oil for gum health! It worked on my student.
Look it up and always do research for yourself.