Why do dentists have such a bad reputation compared to other kinds of doctors?

https://lemmy.world/post/3488524

Why do dentists have such a bad reputation compared to other kinds of doctors? - Lemmy.world

I recommend reading this article “I Went to 50 Different Dentists and Almost All of Them Gave Me a Different Diagnosis”:

https://www.rd.com/article/how-honest-are-dentists/

I Went to 50 Different Dentists and Almost All of Them Gave Me a Different Diagnosis

From one dentist I got a quote of $460 for all of the work I needed to be done. From another, $29,850. 

Reader's Digest
There is a degree of subjective judgement involved in when a cavity gets bad enough to need a filling, but yeah, that room for judgement is also room for unscrupulous dentists to exploit patients for maximum payout.