Originally Posted by
Kevin
It is cruel unless there is no other option. You are rationalizing a desire to inflict pain on a despised human being.
It all depends on what is the normal standard of care. There are plenty of dental issues that cause pain but for which the standard treatment is not extraction. Pulling teeth unnecessarily is a short step away from dental torture.
To keep it brief, I will say we should provide all inmates with basic care that equates to the Medicaid we provide to the indigent. Dental care the same.
A quick Google search revealed that tooth extractions are the most common surgical procedure performed in the U.S.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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