Why Dentists Are Flying Blind?

Without good data, dentists are essentially flying blind. If you don't have that information, on what basis are you making policy? Dentistry is a different profession than medicine. In north american economies, it's always been separate. It's normal to specialize in one part of the body. But our health care systems treat our mouths like they're not part of our bodies. When i tried to figure out why the health care system doesn't treat my mouth like it's part of my body, i found out that this reasoning goes back a long way. The mediaeval treatments were unstandardized, unsanitary, bloody and dangerous. And then there were people who specialized in drawing