Question by longwalkjohn: Dental health affects medical health strongly, so why is it not fully insured?
if you have ever gone to a dentist, you will often see that the “coverages” of your insurance does not cover “__” “___” and especially “___”…there are always extra charges and many people I know avoid the dentist because they cannot afford care. It has been known since the early 70′s that poor gum and teeth health can cause arterioschlerosis and extreme toxicity that causes heart disease…many of the people who have had heart attacks are also people who could not or did not maintain their “oral health”….

You can see a doctor for an agreeable fee and get taken care of at an affordable level, but honestly, get some dental work done and it can break you…why has not not ever changed?

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Answer by misslabeled
It’s because too many people abuse insurance with cosmetic and unnecessary services that they ruin it for everyone. It’s not just dentists, it’s chiropractors, acupunture, therapists, etc.

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Question by marie: Dental health affects a child’s ____________________. Choose one answer. a. speech. b. personality. c.?
Dental health affects a child’s ____________________.
Choose one answer.
a. speech.
b. personality.
c. IQ.
d. resistance to disease.

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Answer by Ankit..
A. Speech..

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Question by lil bit: why are oral and dental health important in good nutrition?

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Answer by DEE W
You need teeth.

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Question by john: What search terms should I use when looking for dental books?
I usually search for oral health, dental health.

If I search for dentist I get concerned the book results will be basic kids books.

Also I try to search for gum disease or periodontology and the more sophisticated words.

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Answer by starla
The search terms you are using are a good place to start, but what kinds of search terms you use depend on where you are searching. For example, if you are using a public library catalog and use “dentist” then you’re right, you may get children’s books, but if you’re using a university library catalog, you are less likely to get children’s books.

Some catalogs will allow you to truncate words to do a search that gives you variations of a word. For example, you could try periodont* and then you could books that have the words periodontics, periodontist, or periodontology.

You should also try dentist* to get dentists, dentist and dentistry. The Library of Congress uses the term “dentistry” in its catalog and most academic (university) libraries follow that model.

When you’re trying to figure out search terms, try to explain what you want to look up to someone who is unfamiliar with your topic. This will challenge you to think of different ways to talk about your topic and help you think of different keywords.

Check out www.worldcat.org to find more sources. It will show you the libraries closest to you (based on zip code) that own the materials.

Finally, after you’ve find a couple of sources online, you should head into your library and do some browsing. You can used the bibliographies in the back of books that you have to find other related titles, or just look at the other books on the shelf around the books you found online.

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Question by the girl with kaleidoscope eyes: So abortion is cruel, but uninsured American children don’t deserve health care because that’s “socialism”?
-28,000 American infants die before they reach their first birthday
-Uninsured children are almost 9 times as likely to have a medical need that goes unmet than a child with health coverage, and are 5 times as likely as an insured child to go more than 2 years without seeing a doctor. Regular health screenings help doctors identify and treat problems preventively and are crucial to a child’s healthy development.
-An estimated two-thirds of children and youth with mental health needs are not getting the help they need. In fact, unmet need is as high today as it was 20 years ago. Children without mental health coverage are at risk of entering the Pipeline.
-Uninsured children are more than 4 times as likely as an insured child to have an unmet dental health need. In 2000, children missed more than 51 million hours of school because of dental-related illness.
-Uninsured children are more likely than insured children to perform poorly in school; in contrast, enrolling children in health coverage has been associated with greatly improved school performance.
1st of all, I don’t have kids, i’m 18, but I guess in your family thats the old age for having kids…
-Uninsured children come from working families. The vast majority of uninsured children (88.2 percent) come from families where at least one parent works, and more than two-thirds of uninsured children—or 68.5 percent—live in households where at least one family member works full-time, year-round.
So no, its not because of lazy parents.

-The five states with the largest number of uninsured children are Texas, California, Florida, New York, and Georgia. Together, the uninsured children in these five states account for nearly half of all uninsured children in the country (48.3 percent).

So its not only the “crazy liberal left wing” states…

I mean geez, even if the parent was a lazy bum, does the child deserve to suffer?
Why does everyone think I have kids?? Is 18 the average Conservative age for having kids? LMAO

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Answer by No Pinheads
Awwwww too bad, I work to PAY for my kids insurance, try it sometime

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Question by malay palan: i am a dentist i want to work in dental health education and oral health awareness for the people.how can i?
i m a dentist from ahemdabad my intership will complete in the feb 2009 i had done many dental health camps in the ahemdabad for colgate company and i want to do my rest of career in this field i had a lots of concept to work behind it for people and the company related with dental products but i did not get such information so can u please help me out in this.. i m a piano player and i m playing my piano since 13 years i had published my instrumental cd named malay’s magic in finger in 50th annyversary of the ida(indian dental assosiation).. hope for your feed back..

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Answer by secret fbi teen agent
i dont know !!!!wat i know is u r so dum to be a dentist to ask us this question

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Question by Benjamin: What percent of illegal immigrant children don’t have health insurance?
If you know the percent who don’t have health care in California that would be even better. California is proposing an initiative that would raise cigarette taxes to $ 3.47/pack in part to pay for health, dental and vision benefits for illegal immigrant children.
Chloe, no I didn’t say that a pack of cigs is going to be $ 3.47, I said that the TAX ALONE is going to be $ 3.47. That will make it about $ 7 a pack in all, on average.
And also Chloe, no I didn’t make this up … you can google it, it’s all over the net. Here’s what the nonpartisan legislative analysts office said: (this information is in your state supplied voter guide if you live in California): “Almost one-half of these funds would be allocated to expand the HFP (Healthy Families Program) to provide health coverage to include (1) children from families with income between 250 percent and 300 percent of the FPL and (2) CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH INCOMES UP TO 300 PERCENT OF THE FPL WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS NOT NOW ELLIGIBLE FOR HFP.

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Answer by ruth “the meanie-head”
Great. Our US children have an incredibly high rate of being uninsured.

Let’s insure illegal children first!

Because it’s the NICE thing to do…

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Question by flipho_3000: What are the top 3 dental insurance companies for Georgia Residents?
I have been researching to find dental insurance instead of dental discount plans. As long as it is not BCBS; then I may be interested. BCBS of Georgia doesn’t pay for certain dental procedures. What companies pay at least 80% percentage of dental bridge work, dental crowns, and dental veneers as well as dental braces. I would love to be able to have a dental insurance company who pays 100%; but I would be satisfied with a company who pays 80%.

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Answer by Steve L
I would encourage you to visit this great website. healthsavings.ourperfectcard.com I signed up online over 6 years ago and they have saved me thousands over the years. From xrays, exams, root canals, fillings…etc. Even my braces had fantastic coverage. They even had my affordable benefits active in 2 hours and was able to use them the very same day. Good luck and hope this helps.

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Question by propanepower: Kansas state Dental/ oral health care programs/assistance.?
my Girlfriend is 24 years old, works for wal-mart part time, has no insurance and makes approximately 700 dollars a month. she is now in sever need to have her wisdom teeth removed. what state funded (if any) are available through the state of Kansas to assist her? we have applied for carecredit, hers was turned down on the spot, while mine is in a 24 hour review status. our credit is shot, we both have made bad choices in the past and are now paying for them, who ever thought school would be a bad choice right? i doubt mine will be approved. i have searched for many variations of Kansas state dental/oral health care assitance/ program, so far i have not found much. i will continue my search through the nigh for more options, if you can help , please do, any good suggestion would be appricated.
our heath care center does not havea dentist, but thank you for the info.

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Answer by Harmony
Working Americans should not have to worry about dental insurance but many of us do. Here are some resources that should be able to assist you. Contact your local dental society to get the names of dentists/dental clinics that provide free, low-cost or sliding scale fee care. I have included the links below. God Bless. (I’m a Social Worker)

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Question by Brenda: Did you have health care for your children ? Dental? Do you have Health care now for you and your partner?

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Answer by peaches6
Thank God I had health and dental for my children through my job and that’s expensive.

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