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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence

(arstechnica.com)
352 points keithly | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 21:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.193s | source
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xnx ◴[14 Oct 24 22:39 UTC] No.41842917[source]▶
Not just x-rays: "As a profession, dentistry has not yet applied the same level of self-scrutiny as medicine, or embraced as sweeping an emphasis on scientific evidence."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-tro...

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1. potato3732842 ◴[15 Oct 24 00:50 UTC] No.41843812[source]▶
Dentistry might be the wild west full of snake oil salesmen compared to medicine but it also doesn't have nearly as many middle men and additional parties perverting incentives and creating hell for patients that medicine does.