Dental Distress Increases Medical Utilization and Health Care Premiums

Untreated dental infections, structural imbalances, painful conditions, and dental materials incompatible with one's immune system can result in health problems that place unnecessary burden on an already stressed medical system. Aside from visits to the dentist, each year, millions of people with dental problems either end up in hospital emergency rooms or suffer from preventable, disabling systemic conditions requiring medications, doctor visits, or hospitalizations.

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Put a Halt to the 164 Million Work Hours Lost Each Year Due to Dental Disease or Dental Visits

Aside from the obvious toothaches, lost fillings, or bleeding gums causing downtime, dentistry is the most ignored, yet critical contributor to headaches and back pain, immune-compromising infections, and costly chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and pre-term births.

The cost to the bottom line from dental related pain, dysfunction, toxicity, and infections are reflected in absenteeism, presenteeism, disability, and higher medical premiums. Here are some examples.

Impaired work performance	Digestive problems	Debilitating pain
Work loss	Surgical complications	Anxiety
Restricted activity	Communication and speech problems	Poor self-esteem
Poor diet choices & obesity	Inability to sleep and fatigue	Financial worries

There are 3 main ways to improve overall health, stay out of the dental chair, and keep health care expenses manageable

1. Improve dental literacy. The fear of the unknown and the worry over costs can make dentistry a dreadful experience for many.Become savvy dental consumers and enjoy better overall health with information from the HealthyGates Dental E-books

2. Put in the body only what is good and eliminate what is harmful. When it comes to healthy living, you must have an awareness of and easy access to natural products and alternative health-supporting services. All aspects of wellness must be reinforced from nutrition, weight management, fitness, stress management, detoxification and dental stresses.

3. Have affordable insurance that pays for costly dental treatment as well as preventive maintenance. Oral health may be a low priority when finances and lack of access to good dental care prevent this area of the body from benefiting from better health treatment.You can make dental health a priority by having an option to afford dental treatment even without dental insurance. This in turn lowers health care consumption and contributes to a less stressed, and more productive life.

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