On: Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022)

[Traubenfuchs]

Many dentists are money hungry psychopaths and some of them are highly incompetent.

This is probably true for all doctors, but I don't think there is any other essential specialty that can pull as much money out of your pockets via personal persuasion, besides hair transplant and plastic surgeons.

https://www.rd.com/article/how-honest-are-dentists/