Dentists' fees: at the confluence of law and care.

Summary Dentists alone summarize the difficulties of reconciling money and health.a reputation not conducive to smiles, tooth-pulling ancestors and the myth of the thieving practitioner make the care relationship complex.yet the profession has largely modernized to escape its image. The new techniques, the better physical and psychological care of the patient try to reconcile the general public with dentistry. At the same time, the technical platforms are getting heavier, the rate of charge is increasing, the fees are rising and the patients' out-of-pocket expenses are getting higher and higher, reminding us that health has a price, especially when it comes to oral health.It is necessary to question the parameters influencing these fees and the reasons for such a controversy. First of all, it is necessary to clarify the justification of the free fee acts. Originally, it is a possibility of financial compensation for care acts for which the tariffs fixed by the convention are very low. However, this possibility of compensation is diminishing. If the State does not directly regulate fees, complementary organizations are taking more and more place in the healthcare arena and are setting up healthcare networks. At the same time, patients are changing their behavior, by giving up, postponing or choosing healthcare structures with a less expensive offer, in France or abroad, which raises new medical and legal questions.