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The Crown Con exposes how corporate dental chains transform minor cavities into $1500 paydays, convincing patients they need expensive crowns when simple fillings would suffice. This whistleblower account reveals the industry's profit-driven practices where $10 materials are marked up to $1500 treatments through strategic manipulation and pressure tactics.

• Corporate dental practices track dentists' filling-to-crown conversion rates through performance metrics
• Dentists face pressure to recommend more crowns instead of fillings to increase practice revenue
• Ceramic CAD/CAM crowns cost practices less than $10 in materials but are charged at $800-1500
• A 2018 study in the Journal of American Dental Association found 25% of crown recommendations are unnecessary
• Young dentists with $300-400K in student debt are particularly vulnerable to corporate production pressures
• Patient "Mike" was told he needed three crowns ($4000) when second opinions showed most needed no treatment at all

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