Dental care is healthcare
One of the bizarre features of American healthcare is that oral health is treated separately from the rest of healthcare.
“Key Takeaways
• Periodontal disease was linked to increased white matter damage, raising concerns for brain health.
• Poor oral health also raised the risk of ischemic stroke and major cardiovascular events.
• Neurologists were urged to include oral health as part of comprehensive brain disease prevention.”
Apparently, this is an historical artifact; medicine and dentistry evolved separately. It’s high time we treat oral health like the rest of health for insurance purposes.
Poor dental health impacts general health
“Key Takeaways
• Periodontal disease was linked to increased white matter damage, raising concerns for brain health.
• Poor oral health also raised the risk of ischemic stroke and major cardiovascular events.
• Neurologists were urged to include oral health as part of comprehensive brain disease prevention.”
Apparently, this is an historical artifact; medicine and dentistry evolved separately. It’s high time we treat oral health like the rest of health for insurance purposes.
Poor dental health impacts general health
Toothless, I once convinced a doctor to write a script for dentures as it would clearly* improve my health. The dentist got a pretty good laugh. Of one of the few good things I can say about the VA is they treat dental care as health care
*As they eventually did