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Shouldn't dentists give out candy, instead of dental care stuff? (Details)

Asked by MrGrimm888 (19437points) October 31st, 2017

I used to visit a dentist’s house every Halloween. He would give out toothpaste, and toothbrushes. I’ve heard that other dentists do the same.

Would it not have been smarter, to give out sugary candy?

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RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Dentist should watch out for the trick , when they don’t give the treat.

zenvelo's avatar

No, because then they’d be accused of drumming up business.

I had a dentist when I was a kid that gave out ice cream cone certificates after a check up.

Soubresaut's avatar

Well, it’d only work for so long… I imagine once we all lose our teeth to the acids of the sugar-eating mouth bacteria, we’ll all be wearing dentures and they’ll have lost all their business. So really, them handing out dental care products is how they maintain their power over us. Wake up sheeple! They want us to be stuck with a mouth full of enamel-coated clumps of pain-sensing nerves that we need their help protecting. They know that’s the only way to keep us in their drill-and-polish clutches… ~ ~ ~

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

Eggs do nasty things to paint on houses

Darth_Algar's avatar

Dentists are just shills for Big Denta.

Sunshinegirl11's avatar

In terms of business, yes that would be smarter. Ethically, no it wouldn’t

johnpowell's avatar

@Sunshinegirl11 :: Not sure if it would be smarter unless you had a “are parents with the children bucket” and a “kids are alone one”.

And it takes me two weeks to get into the dentist unless it is a emergency for me. And if it is a emergency I pay 1K a hour. I think they are doing alright without drumming up business.

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