Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

I purchased a "new" teeth book here but it got to me looking used and with a 3 dollar price tag, bit disappointed with the look of this book but still going to read it

Very worthwhile and well researched

This is a beautiful book every dentist should read.

This is an important book on an important topic easily read by the lay person and professional alike. It is extensively researched and provides little known history as well as both fascinating and disturbing stories. There is a clear political agenda. That being dental care is part of medical care and thus should be provided to all as an entitlement by our government. However you may feel about that agenda, it is a good first step in starting an urgently needed dialogue critical to the health of Americans.I can suggest three additional chapters to cover issues that were either avoided or neglected:1.) "Access to care" is a euphemism which really means, "who covers the cost". So who does? Can anyone cover the cost of neglect or ignorance?2.) "Organized dentistry" is consistently and repeatedly characterized as being self-serving if not profiteering. (Just wait until corporations and venture capitalists take over the practice of dentistry!) Yet the two things dentists CANNOT ORGANIZE around are fees and 3rd party ("insurance") participation. The FTC uses impressive intimidation tactics to squash all such discussion within the profession. The profession which must lead to solve the problem.3.) There is no realistic discussion about what "dental insurance" really is. Is it really insurance? Does the industry behave monopolistically by fixing fees? Is it more like a cartel? It may have been illuminating to have legal analysis of participation contracts, intimidation tactics and government collusion. All of this adds huge unnecessary cost to the delivery of care.I urge you to read this book, brush and floss diligently and require your children to do the same! 95% of dental diseases and disorders are preventable with simple, inexpensive, responsible behavior. Take care of yourself. Be a good patient. Dental disease could go away.