Dentists, Fees, and Transparency

The dental profession doesn't make its fees easy to find. Never mind the insurance companies, the dental offices themselves don't publish their fee schedules on the Web. I suppose this is common for service companies.

There are at least certification boards. For North Carolina, the board is the NC State Board of Dental Examiners. An interesting read are the disciplinary actions taken against licensed members: http://www.ncdentalboard.org/disciplinary.htm
(Although you won't find many actions taken.)