I’m American and in addition to our messed up healthcare system. Teeth are simultaneously so important that I have to see a specialist (dentist) for routine care, but so unimportant that it’s not included in my healthcare coverage. Is it like that elsewhere?

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    Not a good rationale not to ever again visit a dentist. Have you considered changing your dentist?

    1. They can give you a second opinion. Maybe it’s in fact scientific consensus that you should get them removed to omit the caries risk?
    2. It’s important to get everything else checked on a regular basis. Stuff gets nasty real quickly if not detected early on, e.g. pardontitis, caries, etc. Don’t take that risk. Find a dentist who respects your opinion :).
    • Alexmitter
      1•1 year ago

      My two wisdom teeth are fully at their final place now and I can’t complain.
      And I have to say in full honesty that I stopped caring about my body that much, it’s deteriorating anyways in so many ways. I brush my teeth, that should be enough.