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trends in dental insurance
In recent years, dental has been added to more and more health plans as an ancillary benefit. This is a dramatic shift in an industry previously dominated by stand-alone dental insurance providers. However, these trends in dental insurance could be dangerous for them. The Trends In Dental Insurance Before 2018, […]

The Trends In Dental Insurance

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Gum Disease and Alzheimer
Study Finds Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer’s A new study published in Science Advances suggests a link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s. Scientists studied dead and living patients with diagnosed and suspected Alzheimer’s. A molecule called gingipain (produced by gum bacteria) was found in nerve cells in the brains […]

Study Finds Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer’s

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Dental Hygiene: Why Keeping Good Oral Health Can Help Prevent Health Diseases When was the last time you visited your dentist? How often do you brush your teeth? When did you floss last? If you had to think, you most likely haven’t been doing the best job of taking care of […]

Dental Hygiene: Why Keeping Good Oral Health Can Help Prevent ...

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Discount Dental Plan A discount dental plan is how it sounds; you get discounts off preventative services like cleanings and checkups, as well as basic services, such as fillings and extractions. Additionally, a discount dental plan reduce the cost for major services like surgeries, deep cleanings, caps, crowns, dentures, etc. Though […]

4 Types of Dental Plans: the Discount Dental Plan

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Clinical Studies for Floss Are Biased In 2010, research found that 85% of industry-funded studies reported positive results. Contrarily, only 50% of government-funded studies had favorable outcomes. Then, a study, conducted in 2014 found that 97% of “head-to-head” randomized clinical trials favored the sponsor’s product. Unsurprisingly, the same biased research is evident in […]

Flossing: Is It Worth All the Hassle?

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