Dentists earn above-average wages because they possess highly specialized skills that most of us lack, and no one should begrudge them that. But dentists have also gotten quite canny at padding their earnings by enacting regulatory restrictions on the provision of tooth-related services by non-dentists even if the service in question doesn't actually require a dentist's specialized skills.This really needs to change. I was just thinking dental hygienists should be able to work at salons and become a real part of our beauty regimen...
But then we probably wouldn't ever need dentist's "highly specialized skills", huh?
Funny, that.
