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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence

(arstechnica.com)
352 points keithly | 5 comments | 14 Oct 24 21:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.832s | source
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krackers ◴[14 Oct 24 21:56 UTC] No.41842434[source]▶
Other outdated yet still routine dental practices include polishing of teeth during checkups for any justification other than cosmetic reasons
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jebarker ◴[14 Oct 24 22:03 UTC] No.41842519[source]▶
My bugbear with dentists in the US (after living my first 30 years in the UK) is that they all continually hassle me to have my wisdom teeth removed. Said teeth have never caused me any problems and are all through the gums. I can only assume it's dogma or an opportunity to bill insurance for costly unnecessary surgery.
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electronbeam ◴[14 Oct 24 22:05 UTC] No.41842546[source]▶
I was told they get harder to remove when you’re older
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1. genter ◴[14 Oct 24 22:19 UTC] No.41842693[source]▶
https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/wisdom-teeth.html
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2. alexjplant ◴[14 Oct 24 22:33 UTC] No.41842860[source]▶
This guy infamously has a problem with each and every HN user and chooses to display an NSFW image saying such if your request's referrer header has news.ycombinator.com. Don't click.
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3. genter ◴[14 Oct 24 23:01 UTC] No.41843117[source]▶
Sorry, I thought he disabled that.
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4. nicolas_t ◴[15 Oct 24 09:11 UTC] No.41846584{3}[source]▶
I believe he did? At least I didn't run into that n a long time.
5. edgineer ◴[15 Oct 24 09:35 UTC] No.41846742[source]▶
"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll quote Jamie Zawinski.' Now they have two problems."