Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both associated with heart health

Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both associated with heart health

If a looming root canal treatment is putting a dampener on the week, take heart: having the procedure can drive health benefits that are felt throughout the body, according to research.

Patients who were successfully treated for root canal infections saw their blood sugar levels fall significantly over two years, suggesting that ridding the body of the problematic bacteria could help protect against type 2 diabetes.

Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ blood cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both of which are associated with heart health. Yet more benefits were seen around inflammation, a driver for cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions.

  • Jorn@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Agreed. Wife and I have been in Germany for a year and a half and we love it. When we were unemployed and taking language courses, health insurance was 100€ per month for both of us. And our coverage was way better than our mid tier insurance in the US at $600 a month.

    • DSN9@lemmy.ml
      0·
      1 day ago

      I’m curious, what have you noticed as large improvements? Less time going between providers, insurance hospitals and doctors? Less paperwork 😂(Germany 😋). Or what about excluded services, or included with the insurances?

      • Jorn@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        20 hours ago

        I’m no stranger to the bureaucratic paperwork nightmares of Germany but this hasn’t really applied to us with healthcare related stuff. Wait times at walk-in clinics has been relatively short and the care has been thorough and good. We have more coverage, prescriptions and overall out of pocket expenses are way cheaper. We are getting older and my wife was having some anxiety about her health so I told her get all the testing you want, we’ll submit it all for reimbursement and just pay out of pocket for what they wont cover. She got a full physical, blood/stool/urine work, and a full body ultrasound. All of it was reimbursed(we are on private insurance, but we go to facilities that also provide care for public insurance). That’s just a bit about my limited experience in Frankfurt but overall we have been much happier with it.