Difficulty in finding a qualified and trustworthy dentist

Signals over time

2 observed signals across 1 sources, tracked for 1 days. Confidence: low.

What people are saying Observed

• “Many of them don't. From my own experience, there is a low percentage of dentists who actually care about patients, and those are mostly either curious students or just people who haven't been corrupted by greed over time. I'm living in Lisbon, Portugal, have an academic degree, and started a purposeful journey to find "a good dentist" about 15 years ago. I have visited around 40 different private practice dentists over that time in a search that obviously never ended, except for a few mid-term variants that I rely on for specific treatments only. My approach was simple: schedule a consultation to perform a simple observation and/or hygienic clean (though if it's a cleaning, the doctor themselves must do it, not their hygienist), then check for basic red flags that signal me to get up from the chair ASAP, pay for the consultation, leave, and never come back again, such as: (a) The dentist checking their phone with gloves on during a consultation. (b) The dentist checking their phone by taking off one glove then putting it back on during a consultation, or not having their phone in DND mode (which isn't as severe as (a) but still a huge sign o”

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• “Pay attention to what? I am genuinely ignorant. I see a dentist for like 90 seconds at a time. The vast majority of my experience is with hygienists. I hate finding a new dentist. It’s the only medical specialist where I walk into an office and fear I’ve got some moron performing real medical work on me. It really does feel like a lot are just winging it. I would love to know what to look for when choosing a good vs bad dentist.”

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