tazzygirl
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In studies performed and paid for by insurance companies and HMO's. Give me a break. Even a child understands a bandaid and neosporin costs less than surgery. Cleaning a tooth is less costly then a root canal.
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Preventive health care in companies that have implemented them have shown spotty results at best. Broad brush preventive health care does not justify its costs. Care focused on specific risk groups can. Unfortunately "risk groups" are profiling, and you can be damn sure that the needed focus wont be there, as evidenced by the wasteful spending approach in the PPACA.
Researchers estimate that 75% of all health care costs stem from preventable chronic health conditions, yet only 1% of the money spent on health care in the United States is devoted to protecting health and preventing illness and injury
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/apr/07_0220.htm
And this was from a work place study deciding the efficacy of preventative screening... not care.
Potential complications from an absessed tooth.
Untreated tooth abscess is very dangerous. If abscessed tooth left untreated, the tooth infection can spread and you can lose your tooth or have other health problems. Left untreated, tooth abscess may compromise the immune system and in some cases may become life-threatening.
A tooth abscess complication includes tooth loss, jaw bone damage, neighboring tooth damage or loss, sinus problems, brain abscess, heart damage, hospitalization, coma, and even death.
Some more tooth abscess complications that have been very much explained already: Facial Disfigurement as it eats away the facial bones; teeth falling out as the tooth abscess destroys the jaw holding the tooth; the picture is pretty gruesome.
Here is the list of abscessed tooth complications:
Loss of the tooth
Spread of infection to soft tissue (facial cellulitis, Ludwig’s angina)
Spread of infection to the jaw bone (osteomyelitis of the mandible or maxilla)
Sinusitis, it is any infection or inflammation of the sinus cavities behind the nose and eyes. It is very common with an estimated 37 million cases annually in the USA. Symptoms vary according to which sinus cavity is infected.
Spread of infection to other areas of the body resulting in cerebral abscess, endocarditis, pneumonia, or other disorders
A rare abscessed tooth complications - Ludwig’s angina and mediastinitis. While a life-threatening deep neck infection is an uncommon complication of tooth abscess, dentists should be able to recognize the signs and symptoms. The patient should be examined for swelling below the inferior border of the mandible, fever, excessive trismus, floor of mouth or tongue elevations, and deviation of the pharyngeal walls. In addition, the signs of an impending airway disaster, including muffled voice, inability to tolerate secretions and protruding tongue, should be carefully evaluated. Quick referral to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and early definitive care will minimize the morbidity and mortality of these serious infections.
The Worst Abscessed Tooth Danger - Death
Tooth abscess can cause the death of the tooth and it can literally be the death of you. If a tooth abscess if left untreated it can grow and spread through the soft tissue of the face and cause dramatic outward facial swelling called cellulitis.
If a person waits until the gum is so swollen that they have difficulty breathing or opening their mouth, the situation is very dangerous. It is not the “poison” of infection that makes the tooth abscess deadly, but its growth that can choke off our ability to breathe. That is the type of tooth abscess that can kill if left untreated.
Tooth Abscess Prevention
Prompt treatment of dental caries reduces the risk of tooth abscess. Traumatized teeth should be examined promptly by the dentist. Never leave tooth abscess to it’s own end and where-ever possible, get to a dentist as soon as possible.
http://worldental.org/gums/abscessed-tooth-complications-and-dangers/
Yes, willbe, there isnt a dentist in every house. Not everyone can afford the 200 plus to get a tooth pulled. People can die from the lack of this simple procedure.
THIS is the preventative care i was speaking of... not the smoking sessation classes employers want to devote their time and money into with the hopes of blindsiding their employees into thinking said company actually cares.
< Message edited by tazzygirl -- 8/28/2010 2:17:01 AM >
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