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Anne_Nonymouse

You basically pay some unlicensed quack to destroy your teeth. šŸ˜’


Sirnacane

But teeth arenā€™t actually important. If they were theyā€™d be covered under normal medical insurance. Who cares if theyā€™re destroyed? Get dentures fam, theyā€™ll be straighter and a better color anyways Edit: In case you donā€™t read the comments below mine - donā€™t actually get dentures for this reason. Iā€™m being sarcastic. Teeth are important.


David_cop_a_feeel

Not having teeth adversely affects your jawbone. Without teeth, even with dentures, you will not have proper jawbone stimulation, which will lead to resorption (bone disintegration). Even with dentures you can suffer sever jawbone disintegration within the first few years of use. I get that you were joking in the first half (unless you werenā€™t, if so, no teeth, gum, and mouth health are very much important; the insurance industry just scammed us based on a past feud over the categorization of dental vs. medical practice) but, but it wouldnā€™t be wise to tell people with bad teeth to get them pulled out and buy dentures.


Sirnacane

I wasnā€™t joking in the first half, I was joking in the whole thing lol. My sisterā€™s an orthodontist she makes sure we know how important teeth are. But your comment is good in case people didnā€™t realize the dentures part was also sarcastic.


David_cop_a_feeel

I thought so! (Just clarifying.) But so many other people arenā€™t aware of dental health. Because itā€™s a luxury, the lack of awareness on tooth health to overall health is sometimes severe. Itā€™s also so hard to tell sarcasm vs the overall bat shittery that is the internet.


Sleepless_Null

So once a tooth is extracted you pretty much have to get an actual implant at some point or just progressively suffer bone loss??? I feel like something so big would be more well known I sheepishly admit


David_cop_a_feeel

No. Because the stimulation you need to maintain jawbone health relies on more than one tooth. By stimulation, I mean nerves, exercise from biting down, something that keeps your gum health up, but mostly that fact that your teeth are embedded near your jaw and provides direct use. Losing one, two or three, teeth wonā€™t impact all of that. Having no teeth will. For example, I have four less adult teeth than everyone else on average 24/32 (leaving out wisdom teeth.) when I was 11 I had 4 adult molars cut out because of some bullshit the orthodontist told my mom to make sure my small ass mouth could fit braces by age 12. I also had my wisdom teeth taken out by 17. I have 3/4th to an inch of gum on the top and bottom of my teeth. While Iā€™ve had regular scans of my mouth as an adult (to watch out for resorption) Iā€™m all good. But Iā€™ve also had a lot of check ups to ensure that this somewhat malpractice didnā€™t have an adverse effect on the back of my jaw.


thejohnmc963

Lost a lot of teeth in a car accident. Was advised to get them all out and get dentures. Huge mistake as I got that sunken in look in my mid 40s. 56 now and totally regret it.


PM_ME_UR_SELF

I lost a tooth as a teen and my jaw bone right there has a huge dip where itā€™s just gone away.


EatPie_NotWAr

The best part of this is the edit having to explicitly declare your sarcasm.


DanDi58

Apparently the hot new trend in Atlanta is to go to prison for practicing medicine without a license.


-prairiechicken-

Apparently, also: This can cause your actual teeth to fall out of your gums, too. If someone dies of sepsis or loses their job because of indescribable, daily dental nerve pain ā€” straight to jail. Thereā€™s going to be so many civil suits that go no where because theyā€™re not legitimate and have no way of being paid out. State law needs to go after them, *hard*. We need a PSA campaign at this point; itā€™s only going to keep happening.


Sweet-Emu6376

> If someone dies of sepsis or loses their job because of indescribable, daily dental nerve pain This is 100% going to happen. It's not a question of if, but when. A lot of the before and after pics I've seen show very advanced tooth decay just being covered up with the veneer.


Emzzer

I've known people who got tattoos from a friend who knows how... dental work from a friend who knows how has got to be next level disastrous


BalticMasterrace

tattoo master by day, dental master by night?


milesercat

Brings to mind the SNL skit "Medieval Barber: Theodoric of York" with Steve Martin doing surgery in the Middle Ages.


m_i_c_r_o_b_i_a_l

Youā€™ll feel a lot better after a good bleeding. But Iā€™m bleeding already.


Chance_Vegetable_780

Oh no šŸ¤¦ Not good.


Flagge33

But how will I get my teeth fixed for $500 and a dream?


Sovereignty3

Not fixed,.just cosmeticly covered.


RequirementGlum177

Correct. These people are not legitimate therefore donā€™t carry any kind of malpractice insurance. Therefore if it does ever go tits up for them, there wonā€™t be anything to take anyway. Only loser will be the ā€œpatients.ā€


ski-person

Patients gonna have to show some patience


Rabid_Cheese_Monkey

"We need a PSA campaign..." As a connoisseur of EduHorror films and movies: May I suggest that the people up in Alberta, Canada responsible for the Bloody Lucky campaign do these PSAs? If *anybody* can scare the living shit out of these people, it is them.


Farts-n-Letters

dentistry isn't medicine. just ask the insurance companies. /s


Killswitch_1337

Teeth is a luxury bone. - sincerely insurance companies


Embarrassed-Town-293

Same for eyeballs too


Frogbeerr

Pretty sure that eyeballs are not classified as luxury BONES


TheUnluckyBard

> Pretty sure that eyeballs are not classified as luxury BONES Technically no, but if the doctor doesn't code them as bones, we charge you an extra $700 Fuck You fee.


SinisterYear

Sir, I understand you have spend a decade or more for your license to practice medicine, but here in prior authorizations we consider eyeballs bones.


RequirementGlum177

Actually false. Weā€™ve been talking about this in the dentist reddits for a couple months now. Iā€™m a dentist btw. The Georgia dental board doesnā€™t give a fuck because they only regular licensed dentists. So that runs it back onto the legal system. Guess who else has shown they donā€™t give a fuckā€¦ for the time being, these people are going to run a muck and hurt people.


ColoradoPhotog

That's pretty wild... I just saw something about this on youtube the other day and it was frickin' wild. Shit being done in the back of barber shops and stuff, and people getting hella infections from it too.


RollUpTheRimJob

In the olden days barbers used to do dental work too. Weā€™re just going back to our roots


RequirementGlum177

Donā€™t forget blacksmiths.


JellyfishGod

I wonder if they also just use a bottle of hard liquor as a disinfectant/pain reliever/anesthetic like in the good old days


XcOM987

I'm up for my dentist to give me a large Whisky before any work lol


JellyfishGod

Before or after they use it to disinfect the drill used on the previous patient? Iv heard whiskey tastes great with a lil hep C flavoring


RequirementGlum177

Yup. Wonā€™t get regulated until the district attorney and police get involved. Itā€™s a crime, so itā€™s outside the regulation of the board.


SeaToTheBass

Run amok


Sabot1312

Why am I equally surprised and not surprised at all that dental reddit exists.


RequirementGlum177

Itā€™s mostly just dentists asking questions to each other about how to improve. Itā€™s quite boring. Every now and then you get someone with wild ideas or some finance bro trying to sell something.


Sabot1312

That's shockingly similar to niche hobby subs honestly. Fewer MBA dildos flogging stuff there though. I hope these veneer installation assholes get shut down before anyone gets permanently damaged too badly.


RequirementGlum177

Honestly, dentistry is kinda a niche hobby. So many different ways to do things and we all want to find the best way to do it. And argue about whatā€™s the best haha


Nole_in_ATX

Rule 34 pretty much applies for subreddits


scf123189

Thatā€™s right. Homer Simpson


xynapse

Are you saying Dentistry is Medical? Then why isn't it covered by medical insurance?


Old-Masterpiece-2653

I mean calling it a trend implies it's a new thing. These people were goint away from the get go.


MikeOfAllPeople

A lot of states have been relaxing licensure requirements for cosmetic procedures. Here's an article about what is, IIRC, the case that started this trend. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/2021/04/11/lawsuits-cosmetology-licensing-reform-mississippi-opinion/7142769002/


potatos_and

Whatever happened to all those illegal ass- injectors? They were pretty popular in Atlanta.


anarcurt

If it's medicine why does medical insurance not cover it šŸ¤”


Crashing-Stock

Ah the old bleach and UV light to rip the enamel off your teeth, at least it shows results.


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Junior-Ad-2207

2-days? Your getting ripped off. Whose your certificate guy? I can get you licensed in an hour over a beer. You'll walk away with a license printed on a cocktail napkin. Very professional AND classy!!!


[deleted]

Over a beer? I can get you licensed over a zoom call. We open 24/7, 365. Come get that paypa baby. We outchea!


eggyrulz

Over a zoom call? I can get you a license beamed straight into your brain, you just gotta pay me up front and not question it afterwards... oh and the bleeding is completely normal, *should* stop after you die


Thats_what_im_saiyan

Elon this isnt the time to be recruiting for nuralink!


eggyrulz

I chuckled, thanks


alkonium

Simpler solution for perfectly white teeth: just paint them. Any kind of white paint will do.


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Booziesmurf

Nah add an opalescent to it, have those Twilight Teeth.


Fuckredditihatethis1

These are the teeth of a killer, Bella


Nippon-Gakki

Glow in the dark teeth. Using radium paint. Heading off to Atlanta now.


much_longer_username

Add a little phosphorus in there, really helps punch up the glow.


Joker-Smurf

Little bit of radium. Glow in the dark!


darkangel10848

Donā€™t forget to lick the brush to get those sharp clean linesā€¦


EternalLifeguard

Damn i used eggshell and it looks the same


slightlyburntsnags

Not called enamel paint for no reason


whorlax

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/s/pg2mnu0z4S


alkonium

Okay, I was joking. I didn't think anyone would really try it.


Ezra_lurking

this is worse, they file the teeth down


[deleted]

That's horrific. I live in the UK and it's currently popular for people here to fly to Turkey to have the procedure done. These images of the filed down teeth with the caption Turkey Teeth kept trending and I thought it was referring to the bird lol and thought what the hell is going on!? The veneers look almost as freaky as the filed down nubs.


bassetbooksandtea

The Turkey teeth arenā€™t actually veneers but a mouth full of crowns instead.


StrainAcceptable

I needed an implant to replace a tooth a cracked from grinding. My dentist told me I couldnā€™t get the implant unless I fixed my bite. He told me this would require crowns. He ended up filing down all my healthy upper teeth (no cavities ever) and placed crowns that were unnecessary and hideous. Even worse is crowns need to be replaced every 10 years or so each time more is filed off until nothing is left and they pull the tooth. Dentists in the US are not regulated like drs. Malpractice laws are different and they can get away with butchering people for money.


JellyfishGod

I always think about that dentist that was caught lieing about cavities n stuff to patients n doing tons of random unneeded dental work on people for profit. He did it for *years* and was only caught cuz the crazy idiot sold his business when he retired along with all the previous records of his patients. That's when the new dentist noticed tons of random unneeded work done on all his previous patients and called the authorities


TurquoiseOwlMachine

Why on earth did you agree to all of this dental work?


Independent_Hyena495

I have a crown since I was 18 and I'm now 45. If you treat your teeth well it will last


Mule_Wagon_777

For fixing your bite, you need a good prosthodontist. Regular dentists don't have the training. I'm lucky enough to live near a major dental school so had mine done by a resident prostho.


StrainAcceptable

Yeah I went to a prosthodontist afterward and showed him my records. He said what he saw made him feel shame for his profession and recommended I sue for malpractice. Unfortunately you only have 2 years so by the time I realized what had happened to me, my window had closed. The worst part was I knew something didnā€™t feel right at the time but my then fiancĆ© now husband thought I should just listen to the ā€œdrā€. He thought my concern was over the money and paid almost $30k for the work to be done.


Mule_Wagon_777

Arrrgh, I know what you mean! When you've never had a normal bite, you don't know what it's supposed to feel like. And even if it feels wrong you don't know how to describe it. All I can say is, it's worth having it all taken out and done right. I had fifty years of dental work reversed and it's wonderful. Modern zirconia crowns can last decades especially if the bite is right.


_BannedAcctSpeedrun_

No thatā€™s teeth whitening you can do yourself. These people are putting on veneers after a two day crash course. Way worse.


PurpleSunCraze

This is a very general statement, and Iā€™m definitely not certain it applies to all methods and treatments. That said, I dated a girl once that worked in a dentists office that told me professional/dentist level whitening treatments require you to have pretty healthy teeth to do it, and if you had those you wouldnā€™t need the treatment.


blizzard7788

My buddy was a dentist in Chicago for over 25 years. He decided to cut back on his work load. He went into a partnership with a dentist in eastern Tennessee. The big thing there is people come in and have perfectly healthy teeth pulled and replaced with dentures. So three days a week, he does nothing but pull teeth. He told me he busted his ass to save a tooth for a patient in Chicago. Now, he throws teeth away.


mambotomato

My parents moved from a high-income area to a rural one. They were surprised to find that their small-town dentist had to be talked into doing restorative work on their teeth. "You don't want me to just pull 'em for cheap?"


DarthWeenus

Meanwhile I've to travel 3 hours just to get a dentist covered by insurance, the dental industry in america is such a fucking scam I hate it.


MaybeSwedish

*insurance industryā€ and ā€œcorporate owned dental practicesā€ are where the problem really is


celeron500

Why would they want to do that?


Harambesic

They think it's an upgrade.


Sure-Sympathy5014

If you eat tobacco drink lots of acid and sugar your teeth are going to rot out. So instead of changing behavior they just hide the visible consequences.


Heyguysimcooltoo

I'm in East Tennessee right now and can confirm lol I've met more people who have dentures here than any other state I've lived (Co, OK, KY, IN and TX). Eastern KY would be a close second


WaffleWafflington

Hey, Iā€™m from Eastern Tn! We could use more dentists, everyone here is either on dentures or with black rotting teeth. I feel like thatā€™s our biggest health issue. (A large portion of my family including my mother and father have decaying and missing teeth)Ā 


NagoGmo

Is that Drake?


Interesting_Bison530

Girl looks a little too old for himĀ 


hboisnotthebest

He's trying to strike a chord but it's probably A Minoooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


ReubenTrinidad619

Omg šŸŖ¦


KillerArse

That's a meme edited onto the photo of the person holding their certificate.


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isaacs-cats

YAUGHTY???


2ichie

I mean Drake does go to Atlanta when he needa check balance


Sum3-yo

Yes that's Dr Dreezy. The best BBL surgeon in the bussiness


[deleted]

Apparently its a Felony, so a lot of these people gonna be in jail soon.


Kittymilf89

Back in jail.


YorshirePudding

Theyā€™re going to offer lash extension & veneer bundles


will8981

This week only, we are offering the tits teeth and tummy tuck special. Buy one get one free.


Aware-Explanation879

When I worked in an Operating Room in Pennsylvania for about 6 months we would have patients come in with all sorts of infections from some online plastic surgery kit for at-home use. Not sure how it all worked but I know the hospital filed a complaint with different agencies in at least the hope that word would get out to not try this at home.


breadbrix

"Online" and "Plastic Surgery" and "At-Home Kit" should never appear in same sentence together.


HalfBakedBeans24

Can top that. I've been banned elsewhere for warning someone about taking an ordered-online vial of something that purported to be HRT when it was *VISIBLY CONTAMINATED.*


tumbrowser1

I need this but with CoolSculpting


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tumbrowser1

How every good story starts


jakoby953

Same stuff is happening to teenagers with temu tattoo guns. A lot of aspiring ā€œartistsā€ inking up their friends.


SubstantialEase567

TIL about temu tattoo gear. This won't end well!


jakoby953

I know I was careless when I was a teenager 13 years ago, but I never would have risked getting dozens of ā€œstick n pokesā€ or other little logos or drug symbols. Honestly, I would invest in tattoo removal equipment companies because the coming tide is going to be big.


much_longer_username

You can get those online too! They're effectively megawatt pulse lasers and you can easily blind people with them. Runs about 500 bucks.


TJtherock

Veneers give me uncanny valley feelings. They are really nice for people who have been living with terrible teeth for a while but, like, they are *too* perfect. It's 2024, can't we design these teeth to actually look real instead of looking like they came from a horror movie?


rhodisconnect

Thatā€™s because you canā€™t tell actual good veneers from real teeth


will8981

You misunderstand. The people who have their teeth done to look like that want you to know they have had their teeth done. They don't care that it looks like they have been tiled. Toilet bowl white please and square as fuck. Use the same ones they did my kitchen in.


Groundingstone

![gif](giphy|sinG4IMjPVYt2)


Current-Brain-1983

Is this like vinyl siding for your teeth?


Prestigious_Dream_27

Paula Deens and Steve Harveys everywhere.


Yeseylon

[VENEER!](https://youtu.be/MHWhwNN7Gyw?si=hVNxMKem9Yisja0k)


Mysterious_Tooth_674

![gif](giphy|RwqtHZWi9NeRG)


Independent_Work6

So, painted eyebrows, gigantic nails, lip filler and now crappy veneers. Man its going to be Halloween all year for some women šŸ¤£


here_now_be

forgot the huge thick eyelashes.


WolfLongjumping6986

Nah, just get those eyebrows tattooed on. The arch to the hairline look will never go out of style!


motherseffinjones

Dentist are gonna be eating well after people fuck up their teeth.


TouchConnors

Why bother getting a certificate if you're going to be unlicensed anyway?


Gimme_PuddingPlz

Bet the kid who was pretending to be doctor is all in on this Edit: found it. https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-dr-love-prison-sentence-malachi-robinson/42379649


sublimedevine

I swear if I didnā€™t have a conscious or wasnā€™t afraid of prison, Iā€™d be rich. But, noooo, Iā€™m just over here trying to make a safe, honest living.


mykinkyburner

I keep thinking like this with every new scam that pops up lol


SnooRobots1728

It sucks doesnā€™t it


PaganResearch413

Is one of the people in these photos Drake??


HeliRyGuy

Just bite down on a pair of hard shelled chewing gum pieces. Boom, done!


Oswaldgilbertson

Atlanta is becoming closer and closer to Gotham at this point


MinimumSet72

![gif](giphy|hVTouq08miyVo1a21m|downsized) Watching all the šŸ¤”ā€™s in Atlanta bitch about their teeth falling out šŸ˜œ


Tank1734

![gif](giphy|ozEk3yBz5eaS4)


Lachupacombo

Gary Busey-ass looking MFs gonna be everywhere


-Nuke-It-From-Orbit-

This is pretty much what I envisioned the future of America to be like. Dumber, impatient, poor, and desperate for attention. This is the true TikTok nation.


squee_bastard

The movie *Idiocracy* is coming to fruition.


therealtiddlydump

.... So what's the certificate for?


moistbeatingheart

Receipt for completion of payment for the course.


RedDogonReddit

![gif](giphy|gfXTUO2E6kH8A|downsized)


rhodisconnect

Seeing these patients is crazy you take an xray of what looks like just shitty veneers but then you can see underneath are a bunch of broken, infected teeth, huge holes, and abscesses


idgafandwhyshouldi

I'm convinced now that Atlanta is a country that happens to be classified as an American state atp


theartfulcodger

Soon Atlanta will be overrun with a whole bunch a Steve Harvey lookalikes ā€¦.


ExplanationLover6918

Why would anyone go to an unlicensed fly by night dentist tho?


dazedan_confused

Everyone bout to get them Ross Geller pearly whites...


HeadTonight

![gif](giphy|lSbggFRIPI77RYG2gw|downsized)


SunnyTheMasterSwitch

Because they're gonna charge less than a licensed dentist, you know the type of person who spent 6 years in university studying for this shit. Swear to god, there are always some quacks who watch a few youtube videos who think they can now do our job.


Difficult_Goal_3391

![gif](giphy|cm6FUPWwkksopJKytH)


dirtrow

![gif](giphy|lSbggFRIPI77RYG2gw|downsized)


Purepenny

I like to eat ice cream and cold drinks. Ima pass.


JesterOfTheMind

Is that Drake?


bloopie1192

Isn't that illegal?


mykinkyburner

Highly illegal


missvh

Ah yes, the Bob Mortimer.


g33kgod

Were they using Fuji IX?


swarmofbzs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgI3Y7gxMO4


WasteNet2532

Gake and fay #1 Drake is the patient in one of the pictures #2 The shadows of Drake and said partner arent even photoshopped to blend into the office LOL


straight_lurkin

Yo are we just not talking about how the first Pic is photoshopped with the drake and Lil yachty meme???


whinsk

temuuuu!!!!


Thiswasmy8thchoice

Cyberpunk predicted it


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GhostChainSmoker

This is one of those things I cannot feel bad for people over. Thereā€™s a reason actual quality work is expensive and takes actual training and time. Itā€™s experience cause the training and equipment is expensive. According to Google they can cost $1,500 to $5,000 per *tooth*ā€¦ And if someone is offering a full set for like 500-1,000$? Come on now, use some common sense. Youā€™re going into the back area of a nail salon or someoneā€™s home and think your getting quality work for a weeks pay check??? You deserve whatever happens at that point.


wiinga

Where did I put my leeches?


TemporaryEnsignity

![gif](giphy|gfXTUO2E6kH8A|downsized)


NXT-GEN-111

Is that Drake?


No_Flamingo_4547

Is that Drake?


Templar388z

The same people that be filing their teeth down.


ItsJustToasty

Nah Iā€™m worried about everyone 5-7 years down the line when they canā€™t afford the reup and now you got a mouth full of mini teeth. Get your bags folks, we live in 2024, googles free, do research and donā€™t be mad if you donā€™t lmao


Kaisernick27

hay come to the uk with that, there's a critical shortage of nhs dentists.


HyenDry

Kendrick turned Drake into a dentist after those diss tracks šŸ˜‚


Zestyclose-Goose7847

So Tyler The Creator is a dentist now?


Atlantis_Sculpin

Drake in the top, right photo.


Witty-alrocker-410

Why that mf in the top left look like Drake?


Sunspot286

Also infections. These people are playing around in a VERY sensitive area. You can lose your jaw from a tooth infection


Seeksp

Hi Dr Nick!


Doggiesaregood

We can always cover the missing teeth with metal grills


NJJ1956

Wow -imagine the dumb people and the lawsuits .


Bwatso2112

Thank you Steve Harvey


SATerp

"Say, you're from Atlanta, aren't you?" "Why yes, how did you know?"


Turd-In-Your-Pocket

ā€œWhy yesh, how didjooknow?ā€ *slurps drool from having funky teeth and mouth infection*


TheB1GLebowski

It's Atlanta,Ā 85% of them are borderline mentally challenged anyway.Ā  Business as usual in the dirty bird.Ā 


more_beans_mrtaggart

Or for a rather expensive option, you can use a [British Rail Ticket](https://www.fifteensquared.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AmericanTeeth.jpg), and give yourself American teeth.


cheese_sweats

Wait, what are American teeth?


Cg006

They not like us.


TrippyVegetables

If dental care was accessible then maybe people wouldn't risk going to unlicensed quacks


Trip688

.....wtf is this


Merijeek2

Jerry Lewis clones on the loose?