Wdtabor wrote:

Litigation being what it is, you have to have insuarnce to practice, or you
risk losong everything you own.

Actually, you don't have to have insurance to practice. Like you say,
you do risk losing
everything, but then again there are many people willing to take that
risk - some because
they "know" it will never happen to them, some because they're trying to
make as much
money as fast as they can, and some because they can't get insurance.

Further, most banks and dental insurance
companies will not do business with you if you are not insured.

But then again, if your unscrupulous enough to run an uninsured
dentistry practice,
what makes you think you'll have any trouble finding equally
unscrupulous banks and
insurance companies.

Aside from which, I could forge a license just as easily as as I could forge a
certificate of insurance. No one checks validity except the dental insurance
companies you contract with. They verify it with the carrier.

I'm sorry, but this looks like your trying to make a circular
argument. It sounds like
your saying that the only people that check for your license are the
insurance companies,
and they only check with themselves.

Rich Lemert