ShokWaveRider
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Not sure why anyone would stop going to the Dentist.
I am surrounded by folks with bad teeth, missing teeth, ugly teeth and some that can’t eat certain foods so I’m gonna keep my routine.
I just bought a Waterpik about 6 months ago, and it's fantastic. Wish I'd gotten on that bandwagon 30 years ago. I'm anxious to find out how my upcoming checkups turn out.I Waterpik twice a day and have healthy gums..
Not a good reason, but because 'it's always been that way.' As you probably know, there's a long history of separation between dentists and doctors, their educations, and their respective providers. Legacy health insurers have well established relationships with a wide range of hospitals, clinics, physicians, and specialists - not dental equivalents. In many cases, the medical computer systems, policies, and practices have all been developed with the purpose of working with medical entities and their patients. And medical insurance is regulated, dental is not.It is strange that for something that is generally agreed to be important to your health, it is not covered by any regular health insurance. One would think the regular health insurance companies would want you to get regular checkups so they don't have to pay for the kidney surgery or whatever problems bad dental health causes in the future. Shortsighted by them?
I suspect it is mostly a case of, "that's just the way it's always been", and it'll take time to change. Also, the correlation between dental and body health is probably not high enough or been studied enough to state it as a fact that dental causes/leads to certain body conditions.It is strange that for something that is generally agreed to be important to your health, it is not covered by any regular health insurance. One would think the regular health insurance companies would want you to get regular checkups so they don't have to pay for the kidney surgery or whatever problems bad dental health causes in the future. Shortsighted by them?
It is strange that for something that is generally agreed to be important to your health, it is not covered by any regular health insurance. One would think the regular health insurance companies would want you to get regular checkups so they don't have to pay for the kidney surgery or whatever problems bad dental health causes in the future. Shortsighted by them?
#3 They are not trying to create a cavity, just probing for a suspected soft spot in a tooth.1. I pay for x rays that never find a problem
2. Cleaning teeth damages the enamel
3. The dentist tries to create a cavity in my jaw teeth by sticking a hole in it with a very sharp pointed tool
2. - have never heard that...ever, have a source for that?
3. what? intentional malpractice?
1....I would consider that a good thing....versus never knowing what's going on and ending up with a big hairy problem.
I have a brother in law that was just to tight to spend the money to go to a dentist, he could afford it. He no longer has any teeth, except the false ones he bought. True story, we all kept telling him!I'm wondering if I might be better off only going the dentist when I have a problem..
I go when I believe I have a problem. I take very good care of my teeth, and I also have been blessed with good straight teeth.
I have a very very cheap stubborn family member that suffers from this condition. Actually I believe his jawbone has receded into the space where he’s lost teeth. It makes him look older and it is very difficult to understand him when he speaks at normal speed. He has adjusted by speaking more slowly with great effort to form his words. He sounds like a toddler sometimes. I think sometimes my elders have taught me what NOT to do.I've read that the jawbone shrinks over time if it's not getting stimulation from the movement of teeth when you chew, so maybe they originally had dentures but they no longer fit. d mash
Very likely the need for a root canal could have been prevented by finding the cavity early and just getting a filling - obviously a huge savings! I never understood why some people are willing to wait until they have pain before taking care of something sooner - a stitch in time saves nine! Especially these days when root canals, crowns, and dental implants (especially!) cost a fortune.DBIL stopped going 3 years ago. Last week he had an excruciating toothache while out of town. Massive tooth infection that requires a root canal which couldn't be accommodated where he was. So he got a prescription for antibiotics to help with the infection and pain and has an appointment with endodontist back home in early September - on a waiting list if someone cancels. Dentist told him it could have been caught much earlier before it got painful.
Our dentist is a tooth nerd and occasionally suggests some newfangled preventative treatment. But he's fine that I mostly decline.