Is my dentist scamming me? | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When a dentist tells us something is wrong with our teeth, we tend to follow their advice. But when Mona visits two different dentists, they give her two wildly different diagnoses (with wildly different price tags). So how do we know who's telling the tooth? Mona digs up the dental data to look for answers, and finds that in reality, the study of dentistry is riddled with holes.

This is an episode of Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. If you like it, you can find all the episodes by following Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi wherever you're listening to this.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, so we're already starting to think about the next season of body stuff,
0:04.8	and we'll be back next year with more episodes.
0:08.1	But for now, something a little different.
0:11.1	We're sharing another podcast from the TED Audio Collective.
0:14.3	It's called Am I Normal?
0:16.3	It's hosted by data journalist Mona Chalibi.
0:19.8	I think you'll really like this show.
0:22.1	Like body stuff, Am I Normal explores surprising questions using data and talking to experts.
0:29.1	In season one, she's asking things like,
0:32.2	how long should it take to get over a breakup?
0:35.0	Or how many close friends should you actually have?
0:38.8	And why are we so worried about female fertility?
0:42.8	But don't spend much time focusing on male fertility.
0:46.9	And here's an episode we think you'll really like,
0:49.6	which is about the surprising world of teeth whitening.
0:54.1	If you like it, follow Am I Normal?
0:56.8	With Marna Chalibi, wherever you're listening to this.
1:02.2	I was singing a dentist chair in Brooklyn,
1:04.6	there for a routine check-up.
1:06.5	The dentist took some x-rays, poked up on her mouth, and said,
1:09.8	you're in luck.
1:10.9	No cavities, healthy teeth.
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