#using dental care

[medicalunprofessional]

play dentist

[gemma-and-helly-shouldvebeenbros]

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[dankmemes23]

[fisheito]

Wind: howls Garu: howls back

[tux-kate]

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Fic as thank you for boosting and donating.

My friend Eli needs a bite guard or Invisalign to prevent their front teeth loosening from a misaligned bite. Medicaid will only pay to extract their front teeth.

That’s absurd. So! Fundraiser time.

I’ll write fic for anyone who DMs me a screenshot of donation of any amount.

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[barking]

okay yeah nevermind

[kaxenart]

When my sister got wisdom tooth surgery she acted loopy and weird.

When I got my wisdom tooth surgery, I DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE SHENANIGAN. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A DRUNK DOODLE TO SHOW FOR IT. (For science, I want to see how I draw on drugs. It's honestly pretty boring compared to what I do on a daily basis. The real drugs is the friends we made along the way!).

Also I hate all the websites that are like YOU'RE DOOOOMMMMMMEED IF YOU DON'T REMOVE YOUR WISDOM TEETH BEFORE YOU'RE 25. THE SURGERY WILL BE TOO COMPLICATED AND YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR FACE. (??????)

Conclusions From Real Life For Sanity of the Anxiously Inclined:

I think that "do it before you're 25" thing is a dentist scam to try to rush the portion of the population that don't have really fucked up wisdom teeth to get surgery done. Because sometimes it really does just grow in fine. Based on my family, it's a 50/50 gamble lol

Later removal is not some crazy jump in complexity. I have been told this by multiple dentists now. Most of the complexity is just sedating you correctly. If you're a stingy bastard who fears neither pain nor dental tools, local numbing is an option for cheaper.

If you tried your luck and lost and do have a fucked up wisdom tooth (or all of them), you should probably deal with it before you get a deep fucked up cavity that is a ticking time bomb for complications like fucking up your jaw bone or a severe infection.

Take care of your Stupid Luxury Bones.

[br1ghtestlight]

ive had the displeasure of having my dental (and physical and mental but yknow) health neglected for the first 19 years of my life so now im very serious about dental health. bcuz it's expensive as HELL to fix your teeth. and i dont wanna end up wearing dentures at 35 like my mom and grandparents 😭😭

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jessica Glenza at The Guardian:

A bill introduced by the US senator Bernie Sanders would dramatically expand access to oral healthcare by adding dental benefits to Medicare and enhance them in Medicaid, public health insurance programs that together cover 115 million older and lower-income Americans.

Despite Americans’ reputation for the flashy “Hollywood smile”, millions struggle to access basic dental care. One in five US seniors have lost all their natural teeth, almost half of adults have some kind of gum disease and painful cavities are one of the most common reasons children miss school. “Any objective look at the reality facing the American people recognizes there is a crisis in dental care in America,” Sanders told the Guardian in an exclusive interview. “Imagine that in the richest country in the world.” Nearly 69 million adults and almost 7 million children lack dental insurance. For those who have insurance, costs are often opaque and high. Multi-thousand-dollar bills are so common that the nation’s largest professional organization for dentists, the American Dental Association (ADA), signed an exclusive partnership with a medical credit card company. In 2019, more than 2 million Americans went to the emergency room for tooth pain, a 62% increase since 2014, and a crisis of affordability pushed an estimated 490,000 Americans to travel to other countries such as Mexico for lower-cost dental care.

“The issue of dental care is something we have been working on for years,” said Sanders. “It is an issue I think tens of millions of Americans are deeply concerned about, but it really hasn’t quite gotten the media attention it deserves.” Sanders said he had seen how poor dental health can affect every aspect of a person’s life – he described constituents who cover their mouths when they laugh or have been turned down for jobs because of missing teeth. Sanders said he recognized the importance of the issue by attending town halls in his home state of Vermont, “and learning how hard it is to get dental care, how expensive it is and [how] dental insurance [is] totally inadequate”. “Having bad teeth or poor teeth is a badge of poverty,” said Sanders. “It becomes a personal issue, a psychological issue, an economic issue as well.”

Sanders’ bill expands dental coverage by adding comprehensive benefits to Medicare; incentivizing states to improve dental benefits through Medicaid; and providing dental benefits to veterans through the Veterans Administration. Additionally, the bill would attempt to tackle some states’ dentist shortage by creating student loan forgiveness programs for dentists who practice in underserved areas, and increasing funding to non-traditional places to see dentists, including at community health centers and schools. Expanding dental coverage is exceedingly popular – recent polls show 92% of voters support the proposal, including an overwhelming majority of Republicans. Sanders said his proposal was good policy and “very good politics”.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed a bill called the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act that would dramatically increase coverage for dental care for Medicaid and Medicare patients.

[secretimelady]

Best part of writing for Dragon Age: The Lore

Worst part of writing for Dragon Age: Filling in gaps in the Lore

[vamptastic]

currently require motivating thoughts of the blorbo who shall not be named to brush my stupid fucking teeth. i have become that "do you think a different breakfast would cause less despair" post. unfortunately this actually works really well in forming habits for me

[nitr09-productions]

Sick of seeing adverts for P*ta and the B*rn Fr*e F*undation on Facebook. I'm literally a zoo volunteer, pet snake parent, and animal behaviour student. I'm in too deep, you guys can't get me back into the fold now!

[felikatze]

it's dental care friday!! remember to take care of your teeth on this merry day!!!

if you can't use toothpaste, try brushing your teeth with just a wet brush! if you can't use a brush, try swishing your mouth with some water! if you can't swish your mouth, scratch the plaque off with your goddamn fingernails!

remember the feli motto in all walks of life: SOMETHING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NOTHING

[npdlangley]

dentist sunday

[blirpus]

went to the dentist today and i have no cavities, no gum infection and no gum "pockets" plus i got my plaque removed and it feels so nice. everything is as good as can be considering how much ive fucked up my teeth over the years. idk why but i was kind of expecting the worst but it really isnt that bad🥹 who knew that taking care of yourself pays off

[chestersbraincell]

Fun fact about me: when I was a kid, I was one of those kids who’s baby teeth grew in late asf and thus wouldn’t budge by the time that my adult teeth started growing in(so I had to have my baby teeth manually removed by a dentist sequentially when each adult tooth grew in >m<). But that’s not the fun fact!!! This is atleast a little common to some capacity I think!!!

Where it actually gets interesting is the fact that I wasn’t born with one of my adult teeth at all(if you didn’t know, babies are born with both their baby teeth and adult teeth ready to go in their gums), and thankfully the corresponding baby tooth never became wobbly or damaged. So. As I grew up, and my jaw changed etc, in comparison to my adult teeth, I now have this silly little smol baby tooth hanging out there too