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Is my dentist scamming me?

· 43 min

Episode Is my dentist scamming me?

0:00 42:49

Matt wants to know how to tell if he’s being scammed by his dentist. To find the answer, we open up the surprising history of dentistry, ask why it seems so different from internal medicine, and drill down on why dental insurance doesn’t really feel like insurance. Host Jonquilyn Hill talks with journalist Mary Otto and Dr. Lisa Simon, DMD, MD, to find the answers.

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Extra reading:

Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

Dental Use and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare, 2010-2021 | Health Policy

Credits:

Jonquilyn Hill, host

Sofi LaLonde, producer

Andrea Kristinsdottir and Cristian Ayala, engineers

Carla Javier, supervising producer

Katherine Wells, editor

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