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Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked.
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Are dentists pulling healthy teeth for implants?

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)-- Some dental experts are raising concerns patients are being encouraged to pull healthy teeth and replace them with dental implants, sometimes to boost profits. Recent ...
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Phony dentist, 70, busted for practicing out of her NY kitchen, pulling 5 rotting teeth from victim who paid nearly $2K: DA

A 70-year-old Long Island woman allegedly turned her kitchen into an illicit dentist office – disturbingly extracting five teeth from a trusting patient who paid her nearly $2,000, prosecutors said.
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Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, ...
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Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn November 9, 2024 by Brett Kelman and Anna Werner / KFF Health News and CBS News ... Becky Carroll was missing a ...