• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    As an example: i moved from hungary(eu but everything is pretty shit) to sweden and in the first month basically they did a checkup and xray and turns out i have micro cavities between my teeth. In it self micro cavities arent s problem but they can easily become a really big problem if they get large. Now i floss to prevent that from happening.

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      3 months ago

      It is a bit weird to pick Sweden for that example because you do have to pay for dental care yourself too. There are some subsidies of course, but it isn’t abnormal to pay the equivalent of 100 EUR for a visit, even if its just to clean teeth from toothstone.

      I got scammed a few times when the hygienist or dentist just told me they really need to show me how to properly brush and then I get charged another 50 EUR just for that. Without them telling me beforehand that this will cost extra.

      Unless you are under 18 (or under 25?), then it is free at least. But really it should be free for all under general healthcare.

      Source: me, I live here and its the example I used in my comment above.

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        3 months ago

        Oh yeah im under 25. But its still better than in hungary where you basically pay for everything. Source: i lived in both places. Also my mom also gets it free, thats probably some work related thing then ig

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      3 months ago

      I live in The U.S., so of course I’m not actually familiar with a functional health care system. However almost 50 years ago when I was in elementary school, there were health lessons that taught us kids how to brush and floss.

      Regular flossing doesn’t seem to be the kind of thing you should need an X-ray to learn about.

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        3 months ago

        Well we dont have those in hungary and its hard to get people to just brush their teeth so…