Dental News
Ever felt pressured by your dentist (or dental specialist) into having expensive dental work done? It turns out you may have been right as a lawsuit recently brought by Pennsylvania's Attorney General office against Allcare Dental & Dentures (a now defunct chain of dental offices spanning 13 states) suggests that this type of deceptive sales tactic was routinely used and even encouraged by corporate higher-ups.
The lawsuit alleges that Allcare used high-pressure sales tactics to get consumers to buy expensive dental procedures, only to not provide those services. The lawsuit also alleges that the dental chain forced customers to pay in advance for their dental work. Allcare then acted as a credit-services organization, applying for credit on their behalf to pay for the services but failed to safeguard or escrow the money as required by state law.
In addition, Allcare is also accused of engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices, as well as violating a March 2009 settlement with the Attorney General's Office over complaints about --among other things-- its corporate practices of encouraging expensive dental work when less costly procedures would be routinely performed by other dentists.
Well I felt sad for all what happened. The system should must be changed over all. We all try to change all this non serious setup.
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