Comment 72769

By mystoneycreek (registered) - website | Posted January 06, 2012 at 07:08:06 in reply to Comment 72753

Uhm ... I'm pretty sure that the provincial government has covered dental care for those without private insurance for ages now.

They undoubtedly have. However, that doesn't mean what I've referred to has been acknowledged as the risk factor that it is.

And frankly, I somehow doubt that someone who is in a place of poverty has dental care front-and-centre in their day-to-day. I know for a fact that most people over the age of 55 have no idea that not taking care of your teeth can have such a calamitous impact on your general health. Neither of my parents did, and they're neither impoverished nor dumb-bunnies.

But then, we do live in a society of smokers and over-eaters and sedentary life-stylers...

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