Serious illness and the disease can be the result of a bad oral hygiene, but with the high cost of dental care, the majority of Americans are risking their lives.

Ow! If you think the health care system of the United States. Uu. It's broken, take a look at the dental care
By Rob waters
A few weeks ago, I called the dentist that I've used for over 20 years for an appointment and I got a message from his receptionist: the dentist no longer accepts patients who are covered by the insurance company with which I am registered. And so, I lost my dentist.
I'm lucky compared to many people, however: I have insurance, and I suppose I'll be able to find another dentist to take care of my mouth. That's not the case with a lot of Americans.
As concern about what, exactly, Donald Trump will do with Obamacare and the approximately 20 million people have gained health insurance through the programme, the continuous failure of the dental care to millions of Americans has been largely lack In the discussion.
About a third of adults don't older than the United States does not have health insurance, according to research published this month in a thematic issue of the journal health affairs focused on oral health. And 32 % of American adults said in a survey that they skipped the dental care or checks in the last year due to the cost, rather than the residents of 10 other developed countries.
Dental Care "is one of the biggest health needs not being met in the united states", said Elizabeth Mertz, associate professor of the faculty of dentistry, University of California, San Francisco. As a result, cavities and gum disease are two of the health problems most common chronic suffering Americans, although they are also among the most preventable.
The situation is especially shameful when it comes to the older Americans. Medicare, which provides medical care to almost all elderly people in the United States, specifically excludes the dental care. The people of the third age are free, of course, to buy dental insurance on their own, but only 12 % are doing it, probably because half of Medicare beneficiaries living on less than $ 23,000 a year.
As a result, fewer than half of Medicare beneficiaries-46 % to be exact-saw a dentist in the last year, according to another of the studies of health. Between 45 % of Medicare beneficiaries whose incomes were up to 200 % of the level of poverty, only about a third party made a visit to a dentist.
The kids have behaved better, in large part because the law of health care to low price made the dental care for children was an "Essential Health benefit" that had to be provided by Medicaid, the programme of health insurance For Kids (Chip) and any private insurer wanted to sell insurance policies that federal and state markets created by Obamacare. Almost all of these markets also offer policies for adults, but are optional, it is not necessary.
The lack of access has profound consequences for the health of the people, according to a recent report by the health policy institute of the American Dental Association:
• One in every four Americans is suffering from tooth pain.
• Almost 30 % of young people say they have problems with the job interviews due to the condition of his mouth and teeth.
• 23 % feel embarrassed by my mouth and teeth.
• Two in five adults of low income have problems to bite and chew due to the condition of his mouth and teeth.
• One in every four Americans is reluctant to smile or socialize due to dental problems or mouth.
The high cost of dental care leads many people to stop to see a dentist until the pain is so intense that you can't help it. The delay can have tragic consequences. From 2000 to 2008, more than 60.000 Americans were hospitalized with dental abscesses and 66 of them died. Among those who were hospitalized, the average age was only 37, and 19 % of them didn't have dental insurance.
Poor oral health can also contribute to heart disease and diabetes, as well as the rotten teeth and gum disease.
Even when people have dental insurance, it is often very inadequate, according to an article about dental insurance accessible of MoneyGeek.com, a website that covers personal finances. For example, many plans limit the reimbursement of the procedures to $ 1,500 per year, less than the cost of a crown in many cities in the United States.
"the majority of insurance are intended to protect the beneficiary of the catastrophic costs", said mark moneygeek vujisic, chief economist and Vice-President of the health policy institute at the ada. "but the dental insurance is exactly the opposite: protects the insurance company, not the patient, catastrophic cost".
That's why I'm not getting dental implants that could really use anytime soon, unless he gets to the lottery.