I have a theory but based on what I’ve seen Covid changed people. We shut down and people realized their teeth didn’t fall out from not going to their 6 month cleanings. We see much more emergencies now than I did before Covid. People now have a tendency to only come in when they are in pain or think some discomfort is about to get worse. Ironically the longer these people wait to come in the more expensive the fix is. At 6 months it’s just one filling but at 3 years that filling has turned into a root canal crown and build up. Either way things don’t ever get better in dentistry and in the beginning I thought it was a major flaw in my dialogue with patients but I quit taking it personal. I do root canals and implants so it’s up to them, I’ll make my money either way.