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Are teeth considered healthcare in your country? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Catch42@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social
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I'm American and in addition to our messed up healthcare system. Teeth are simultaneously so important that I have to see a specialist (dentist) for routine care, but so unimportant that it's not included in my healthcare coverage. Is it like that elsewhere?

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[–] Alexmitter@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get simple things paid, but larger things are on my own. Germany here. But, I was not at a dentist since years, not since my dentist tried to push me towards a wisdom teeth removal even though my two are perfectly straight and healthy all because "I may not clean so well back there". All I wanted was some pain medication to get through the worst days of them pushing out.

[–] garden_boi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not a good rationale not to ever again visit a dentist. Have you considered changing your dentist?

  1. They can give you a second opinion. Maybe it's in fact scientific consensus that you should get them removed to omit the caries risk?
  2. It's important to get everything else checked on a regular basis. Stuff gets nasty real quickly if not detected early on, e.g. pardontitis, caries, etc. Don't take that risk. Find a dentist who respects your opinion :).
[–] Alexmitter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My two wisdom teeth are fully at their final place now and I can't complain.
And I have to say in full honesty that I stopped caring about my body that much, it's deteriorating anyways in so many ways. I brush my teeth, that should be enough.