Despite explaining my religious beliefs to them, they would not let me keep my extracted teeth. I told them ahead of time, during and after, but they explicitly lied to me, claiming it's against the law for them to do so (There is no such law).
I was trying to be polite and civil, but eventually I had to just take them myself, after a brief confrontation that was entirely unnecessary, despite trying to make it easy for them and being as honest as I could.
There is no law existing that says a patient cannot keep teeth extracted. It may be frowned upon by OSHA standards, but it is NOT illegal for a dentist to let their patient keep extracted teeth. I came with a biohazard bag, explained ahead of time, but they did not care. I've had multiple teeth extracted from multiple dentists and they had no issue with it.
Here is a link the the official CDC website that will confirm my statements:
https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faqs/extracted-teeth.html.
This blatant disrespect and uncivil attitude towards my religion will not be forgotten. I plan on vocalizing what happened here to my community, and share my experience with other people of similar Faith, so this never happens to anyone again. read more