The Dental Cleaning Scam

Your dentist charges you three hundred dollars for a cleaning that takes twelve minutes.

They charge that because they know you will skip flossing anyway. Here is the

scam. They upsell you fluoride treatments and fancy pastes when all you really

need is xylitol gum. It starves the bacteria that cause cavities and costs

only four dollars a month. They will never tell you because there is no

markup. The money is in your guilt. That is exactly why your dentist

charges you three hundred dollars for a cleaning.