If Dentists Were Honest | Honest Ads

If dentists were honest, nobody would ever go to the dentist. And, honestly, we'd probably be fine.

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Roger Horton: Jack Hunter
Writer: Jordan Breeding
Director: Andy Newman
Czar Of Audio-Visual Activities: Dave Brown
Editors: Dave Brown, Jordan Breeding, Bryan Slack
Sound: Josh Bryant
Patient: Carly Snowdon
Production Assistants: Caitie Hirabayashi and Naod Haddish

00:00 - If Dentists Were Honest
05:30 - Anthropomorphic Teeth

#Dentists #HonestAds #RogerHorton

[PippiOnePointOh]

My brother is a dentist, one of the actual good ones. Once, a man came in with a rotten tooth, that needed to be pulled out. The man had no insurance. My brother did not own his own practice at the time and didn’t have the power to do the work for free, but he wanted to help him. So he numbed the man up really good, took his tooth extraction tool and got a good grip on the bad tooth, then let the man pull it himself. That way, he only had to charge him for the novocaine and not for the tooth extraction. Now that he owns his own practice, he does a lot of free work for people who don’t have insurance.

[Player_Zhirow]

I will never get tired of Roger. NEVER.

[Strazman]

"Will my insurance cover it?!"
"Almost certainly not."

This is way too accurate.

[Em-ihdu]

Ah yes, the good old "Your gums are bleeding after I poke them with my sharp metal stick. You must not be brushing often enough!"

[underwood]

Patient: “Will my insurance cover it”
Roger: “almost certainly not”
Bruh 😆😆😆

[ImFromIowa]

Roger’s appearance *is the only reason why* I’m still subscribed to cracked.

I’m expecting more of roger in the future.

[ziletales]

"Now that you're stoned and strapped to a chair..." That sounds like the begining of something horrible!

[WWTormentor]

Several years ago, I went to a new dentist for a check up after my regular dentist, (which I liked) retired. The new dentist informed me that I had 15 cavities that needed to be filled immediately and as soon as he walked out the door, this girl walked in with bunch of papers asking me how I was going to finance it since my insurance wouldn’t cover it. Needless to say, I left the office since I couldn’t figure out how I went from perfect teeth 6 mo the ago at my previous visit to a disaster of a mouth. So I went and looked up 5 dentists Anne called them and made an appointment for a check up. They all had a special of $59 for a check up (kind of ironic how they all charged the same amount). Each one told me I had a different amount of cavities ranging from 5-18. Somehow they all got different readings of my X-rays. I called my old dentist and informed him of the situation, and after he laughed he referred me to a friend of his who reviewed the X-rays and told me all I needed was a usual cleaning. So after being quoted anywhere from $5-15k from the previous dentists I was glad to save my money for my kids college fund. Moral of the story is this. If you go to a dentist and they inform you of what problems you have, get a second option. If they differ greatly, then you know not to go back.

[DannyTata]

Here’s some free dental advice from a dentist that isn’t interested in your money:

-Avoid acidic and sugary beverages such as soda and juices. Tooth structure demineralizes at a pH of 5.5 so we want to stay in a remineralization phase as much as possible

-Always a soft bristle toothbrush, never a medium or hard bristle toothbrush. The latter two are two abrasive and can wear your gums and even tooth structure which lead to recession and sensitivity.

-Whitening toothpastes have more abrasives in it that tend to wear your enamel more and cause sensitivity. I recommend that my patients stick to whitening mouth rinses over toothpastes.

-drink lots of water to help buffer the acids that you ingest.

- the metal hook or explorer is a remnant of the past. It was once used diagnostically to determine cavities. We do still use it to check marginal transitions and to confirm cavities that can be seen visually. We also don’t need to poke your gums with anything to see that you have gingivitis and likely don’t floss. Bleeding is often an effect of measuring the gum pockets because they’re chronically inflamed and something that the patient can see for themselves.

-new research suggests that remineralization of affected tooth structure is possible if you correct the environment more favorable (less acidic). Fluoride is helpful because it integrates with tooth hard tissue (apatite) to form fluorapatite which has more surface hardness and decreases the pH threshold for demineralization (requires more acidity to break it down)

-fluoride is helpful but not necessary. Ideally, you remove the pathogenic factors like sugar and acid. My wife doesn’t use fluoride toothpaste due to allergies and has great teeth. Lots of parents are fearful of fluoride because they believe it’s mind control 🙄 so I don’t apply it without asking first and I don’t push it if they say no.

- when you’re younger, flossing is more for preventing cavities that occur between teeth. After age 30, flossing is to prevent loss of bone level between teeth.

-dentists can make a decent living doing bread and butter work. Cleanings and X-rays pay well through insurances. Most dentists don’t actually pull teeth because it’s not necessarily an emphasis on dental school and oral surgeons often focus on these procedures. That’s not to say some dentists don’t have a more surgical focus like myself.

-Dental schools are a great place to get affordable and, surprisingly, quality dental work. It often takes a little longer because of all the checks the student dentists need to go through; which is ultimately great for the patient. Some procedures, like dentures, I prefer my patients going to yhe dental schools because I feel they will get a better end result than if done with me.

- Dentists hate insurances also. They like to downgrade treatment and deny things. Things that we feel will benefit the patient. What ultimately happens is the treatment gets denied, patient can’t afford it, and it festers and becomes nonrestorable (extraction). The Atlantic has an article about how dentistry first started and how the early barbers wanted it to become incorporated into medicine. Physicians didn’t like the idea and basically thought that anything done to teeth was inconsequential to health. While that mindset has changed now, many dentists don’t want to be incorporated into medicine due to fear of over regulation. Though I’m a bit torn by this because it is my livelihood, the benefits to being recognized as a “medical” field would help substantially with receiving insurance benefits for dental work. The system is quite messed up, and most dentists recognize that. Access to care is just as important to us. We’re all not money hungry over treaters as this video is making us out to be. Dentistry is expensive for patients, but also expensive for dentists.

[nicolekenna]

There are so many people in desperate need of dental care and they either can't find it or can't afford it, and your mouth health absolutely does impact your overall physical health. I understand the joke, but if you ever had an abscess you'd appreciate what a dentist can do.

[listonsen]

There was an investigative journalist for Readers Digest who went to 50 different dentists across the country and got a myriad of treatment plans ranging from $0, meaning no dental work needed up to a $30, 000 plan. Granted you've got to expect some practitioners to take a more conservative approach while others will be more aggressive, but this goes way beyond that. And this was done in 1997. Just imagine how much worse it is now.

[Unknown]

This guy is a freaking outstanding actor!

[yattaguru]

Roger is destroying the megapowers one service at a time 😎 and the best part, he gives no fucks

[davidfoster]

Went to a new dentist and he said you need two fillings, had a check up a month before so went to another dentist for a second opinion and no filling were needed. So be careful as there are a few untrustworthy Dentists out there.

[andreyv]

One of the best videos on this channel.

"here, will my insurance cover it?!" "almost certainly not" 😂

[jammiebooker]

4 out of 5 dentists recommend you never watching this video

[LincolnVOS]

As someone with teeth issues I really appreciate dentists. Not saying they don't rip you off in some places, but boy have they kept me from suffering one of the worst pains!

[AyadKhalil]

The script is brilliantly written, I love and appreciate these honest ads!

[Uffdcufihuddgco]

Holy shit this was a horrible thing to watch before my dentist's appointment tomorrow but I love Roger too much to resist watching his stuff when I see it on my timeline.

[qpoqiuqytqrewq]

I shouldn't have watched this 11 days before a dentist appointment