
Everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits of good oral health.
Achieving health equity includes ensuring everyone has access oral health care. Unfortunately, oral health disparities persist. Communities of color, rural areas, lower-income households, and people who speak a language other than English at home disproportionately experience the effects of poor oral health and are more likely to face barriers to accessing care.
To achieve health equity, we need to ensure adults have access to dental care when needs emerge and public health measures that help prevent oral disease before it happens. Poor oral health can have impacts beyond an unappealing smile or bad breath. Tooth loss and visible cavities can impact employment opportunities, nutrition, self-confidence, and how others perceive you. Untreated cavities and oral disease also can affect overall health, influencing chronic conditions like heart disease, pregnancy, stroke, diabetes, and general well-being.
Smart investments that expand access to preventive measures like water fluoridation and timely oral health care can profoundly impact a person’s life and advance health equity in our communities. Everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits of good oral health.
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Click here to urge lawmakers to continue their support for comprehensive Apple Health adult dental benefits.
Oral Health Watch
15 hours ago
Today marks the first day of the Seattle/King County Clinic - a pop-up event providing free dental, vision, medical and other health care services at Seattle Center. Though organizers anticipate serving hundreds of people from King County and beyond each day through Sunday, tickets are limited. ...People are encouraged to arrive early and come prepared for a long day with food, comfortable clothes and any daily medication. #teethmatter
Patient Information Seattle/King County Clinic is a volunteer-driven, free health clinic that occurs for four days each year at Seattle Center. The...
seattlecenter.orgOral Health Watch
15 hours ago
Today marks the first day of the @seattlekingcountyclinic - a pop-up event providing free dental, vision, medical and other health care services at @seattlecenter. Though organizers anticipate serving hundreds of people from King County and beyond each day through Sunday, tickets are limited. ...People are encouraged to arrive early and come prepared for a long day with food, comfortable clothes and any daily medication. #teethmatter https://seattlecenter.org/skcclinic/patients/
Oral Health Watch
1 days ago
The Apple Health (Washington state's Medicaid) dental program is both good policy and the right thing to do, helping:
🦷Prevent more costly emergency room visits related to dental issues
🦷Improve oral & overall health
🦷Contribute to a healthier, more productive ...society
#teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
1 days ago
The Apple Health (Washington state's Medicaid) dental program is both good policy and the right thing to do, helping:
🦷Prevent more costly emergency room visits related to dental issues
🦷Improve oral & overall health
🦷Contribute to a healthier, more productive ...society
#teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
2 days ago
#DYK that Washington residents with Apple Health (the state's Medicaid program) coverage or no dental insurance can use the no-cost DentistLink directory at any time of the day? Click on the link below to get the dental care you need. #teethmatter
Oral Health Watch
2 days ago
#DYK that Washington residents with Apple Health (the state's Medicaid program) coverage or no dental insurance can use the no-cost DentistLink directory at any time of the day? Click on the link below to get the dental care you need. #teethmatter
...https://partners.dentistlink.org/dentist-finder?Miles=15