Not all crowns are royal.

In this episode, The Drill Teller cracks open the gold-plated lie behind one of dentistry’s most lucrative procedures: the dental crown. You’ll hear how unnecessary crowns are pushed onto patients under the guise of “preventive care,” and how quotas and profit margins dictate treatment plans more than your actual dental health.

From fake fractures to inflated fees, we pull back the curtain on the crown hustle — one porcelain scam at a time.

Before you say yes to that shiny new tooth, listen in. Your molars — and your wallet — will thank you.

Most patients walk into the dentist expecting one thing: the free cleaning their insurance promises. But in the world of corporate dentistry, that “freebie” is often anything but.

In this episode, we break down how unsuspecting patients are upsold the moment they sit in the chair. Questionable probing tactics, rushed assessments, and conveniently “urgent” diagnoses all funnel people into the same outcome: a high-priced deep cleaning they may not have actually needed.

Instead of walking out with a routine cleaning fully covered by insurance, patients leave with a bill ranging anywhere from $500 to over $3,000—all in the name of profit, quotas, and corporate pressure.

We’ll expose how these practices work, why they’re so common, and how patients can protect themselves from the infamous “free cleaning” that wasn’t free at all.