I'd like to go to a dental convention. I bet it is every bit as sleazy as any stereotypical convention is. Teaching a room full of dentists and salesman how to milk people out of every cent. Trying to get a price out of them is like pulling teeth. "How much is this crazy set of x-rays going to cost?" "Don't worry. Your insurance covers it." "That's neither your business, nor what I asked." And then they don't accept the insurance on the way out that they said they would accept on the way in. Not to mention how absurd it is that our entire body is covered by medical insurance BUT our teeth. I bet the history on that separation is a doozy. I had bad teeth as a kid, yet I didn't really mind going to the dentist. My disgust with dentistry didn't occur until about ten years ago, when my uncle, who is a dentist, told me that one of my big fillings I got from a lawyer/white collar professionals dentist downtown Minneapolis was highly suspect, and then all the complaining I've done over the years here about their questionable insurance handling and aforementioned opaque price gouging. It's funny that chiropractors were always the brunt of being con artists and quacks, when dentists have gladly taken over that position. Oh, and all the Christian paraphernalia hanging in their offices is total BS. They'd still rob you blind every chance they can get.
