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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