The Truth About Dentistry

The uneasy relationship between dentist and patient is further complicated by an unfortunate reality: Common dental procedures are not always as safe, effective, or durable as we are meant to believe. As a profession, dentistry has not yet applied the same level of self-scrutiny as medicine, or embraced as sweeping an emphasis on scientific evidence. 

思考题一：

The relationship between dentist and patient has been durable as we believe.

思考题二：

The dentistry as a profession may demands more self-scrutiny and emphasis on evidence.

还有一段文字很有意思，如下：

When you’re in the dentist’s chair, the power imbalance between practitioner and patient becomes palpable. A masked figure looms over your recumbent body, wielding power tools and sharp metal instruments, doing things to your mouth you cannot see, asking you questions you cannot properly answer, and judging you all the while. The experience simultaneously invokes physical danger, emotional vulnerability, and mental limpness. 

翻译：当你坐在牙医的椅子上时，医生和病人之间的力量失衡就变得显而易见了。一个蒙面的身影隐约出现在你的身体上，挥舞着电动工具和锋利的金属工具，做着你看不见的事情，问你一些你无法正确回答的问题，并一直对你进行评判。这种经历同时唤起了身体的危险、情感的脆弱和精神上的脆弱。

答案：

1.F2.T