Social dental assistance and Social Security dental benefits

Social dental assistance and those known as 'aids to fix your mouth' are one of the less common grants but, at the same time, requested by many. Well, unfortunately, we are all susceptible to oral problems that, in many cases, can lead to expensive treatments.

Dental care is one of the most important points for health but also the most neglected. All our food passes through our mouth. That it is healthy, without gingival problems, will influence the general health of our entire body. Therefore, it is important to worry about both good oral hygiene and proper oral care.

Basic aspects are covered by Social Security , but the patient is not closely monitored. Within the website of the Ministry of Health we can access information regarding oral health that, specifically, covers the following assumptions:

1. Information , health education and information on hygiene and oral health.

2. Treatment of acute dental processes , understood as infectious and/or inflammatory processes that affect the oral area, bone and teeth trauma, wounds and injuries to the oral mucosa, as well as acute pathology of the temporomandibular joint. It includes oral advice, pharmacological treatment of oral pathology that requires it, extractions, surgical extractions, minor surgery of the oral cavity, oral examination for the early detection of premalignant lesions and, where appropriate, biopsy of mucosal lesions.

3. Preventive examination of the oral cavity in pregnant women.

4. Preventive and care measures for the child population.

This coverage does not include everything related to orthodontics, dental implants and other interventions and actions that are often necessary to ensure good dental health. So, is there help to fix your mouth from social security?

What Social Security dental benefits exist?

Social security dental benefits are distributed at the autonomous community level and are mostly focused, as we will see, on oral care for children . There is talk of free social dental care to make it easier for all people who require oral intervention to be able to afford quality treatment without this entailing excessive spending. Let's review, according to the recipients of social dental assistance, what concrete help we can find.