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Ever watched one of those toothpaste commercials where a stomatologist recommends you a certain toothpaste, saying how it will prevent cavity and all other teeth/gums problems. I even watched one in which they jokingly(or not) say that by using that particular toothpaste I will say goodbye to my stomatologist for a long time.
Then I thought, wait a minute, this guy, the stomatologist, lives off my bad teeth, it is in his best interest, his survival interest, for as many people to have at least moderate teeth problems, and yet he's trying to convince me that the product he's advertising will make me visit him less thus cutting his own profits.
 
That man is a doctor and we presume that his life's work is to help others,  and he swore an oath.  So,  I suppose doctors aren't supposed to think money-wise (although unfortunately many do).
 
SneakySneaky said:
That man is a doctor and we presume that his life's work is to help others,  and he swore an oath.  So,  I suppose doctors aren't supposed to think money-wise (although unfortunately many do).
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A general practitioner (as it is the case in the UK) will always want a fit and healthy patient(s) - he still gets paid the same regardless.

Dentists, however, are amongst the most capitalist practitioners around. :D
 
Albie said:
A general practitioner (as it is the case in the UK) will always want a fit and healthy patient(s) - he still gets paid the same regardless.

Dentists, however, are amongst the most capitalist practitioners around. :D
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Yeah, especially because they usually have private practices- the more patients, the more money.

Since the democratic changes in Serbia I have to pay for dentist's services- the dentists who are paid by the government health ministry, or should I say citizens, as of recently. I think I'll go to the private ones from now on, since the prices between them and the government's ones are getting closer, and I'll get a better service in the private practices anyway.
 
The man is an actor, he can say whatever he is payed for about teeth :D
 
Conor is right, the dude is merely an actor. Also it doesn't matter what toothpaste you use you should still visit your dentist/stomatologist at least twice a year, because most people still have horrible diets and don't floss.
 
Eitherway if thats a real dentist or a big smile actor, its the viewers responsibility to accept it or not. Prevention is better than cure after all, and dentists still make money from braces, which eventually hit many teenagers regardless of toothbrushing  :D
 
<sigh> Here's the answer, which should be obvious....

1. The dentist on the commercial is a real dentist. They cannot pay an actor to claim he is a dentist; doing so is to use deliberately fraudulent advertising, and it is illegal. They found a dentist who would accept money to say what the toothpaste people want. The dentist doesn't care about losing patients; what are the odds that one of his own patients will stop seeing him because of this toothpaste?

2. The manufacturer of the toothpaste doesn't really care about dentists losing patients. They are selling a consumable product. Their goal is to get you to not only buy the stuff, but use it ...  so that you'll have to buy more and more and more and more.
 
Yeah, but I was aiming at the point that toothpaste's advertised in this way should not sell well, because the people would see how absurd the concept of a dentist telling you "Buy this, it's great, it will make your teeth healthy and I'll go broke" is.
 
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