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Man, what a game changer it would be, just to see dental care treated as healthcare rather than luxury bones. My wife has TMJ and looked into treatment for it, but even though we have fantastic health insurance (and decent dental insurance), it would still be over $5000 out of pocket. She’s pursuing physical therapy instead through the ear nose and throat clinic so that it counts as health, so hopefully that helps
It’s honestly nuts how dental care isn’t covered by so many universal healthcare systems either. Like here in Finland it’s a recent-ish addition (last 30 years or so, and it initially only covered a limited set of people, such as those who’d gotten radiotherapy in the neck area) and it doesn’t cover preventative care, more just eg. acute cases like sudden pain or accidents and whatnot, and I don’t think implants are covered at all. This naturally means people have to rely on private providers, and soooo many people don’t have health insurance because it just didn’t use to be necessary until the last 10–15 years or so when successive right wing governments started destroying public healthcare because it’s “not efficient.”
It’s wild how the medical system treats TMJ issues. I had some jaw issues a few months ago, and based on my brief research, most doctors say TMJ issues are dental, and most dentists say it’s medical. Neither type of insurance likes to cover it, and most TMJ specialists don’t take insurance at all. The specialist my dentist recommended wanted to charge $500 just for a consultation. I was looking into oral surgeons as a possible route before my problem improved on its own. I’m desperately hoping it doesn’t come back….
Huh, neat. I wonder what the limitations and downsides are. Can it for example trigger growth of specific teeth? Say you’re missing one due to an accident or it having been extracted or whatever, could that one be induced to grow back? They seem to be initially targeting people with congenital issues leading to fewer teeth, so it’ll be interesting to see if this’ll work for other cases as well
That’s fantastic