If dentists were honest, nobody would ever go to the dentist. And, honestly, we’d probably be fine.

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Roger Horton: Jack Hunter 
Writer: Jordan Breeding 
Director: Andy Newman 
Czar Of Audio-Visual Activities: Dave Brown 
Editors: Dave Brown, Jordan Breeding 
Sound: Josh Bryant 
Victim: Carly Snowdon 
Production Assistants: Caitie Hirabayashi, Naod Haddish 

SOURCES: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/ 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004537/ 
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/americans-are-getting-dental-care-on-the-cheap-in-juarez/361727/

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