tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post6411076304574369116..comments2023-10-19T06:24:41.808-04:00Comments on Joanne's Journey: Should dental care be included in medicare?Joanne (True Blue)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-86826519302325484742007-04-28T23:04:00.000-04:002007-04-28T23:04:00.000-04:00It's complete BS!FACT - when a person has an infec...It's complete BS!<BR/>FACT - when a person has an infection that prevents dental work to proceed they are sent to seek medical assistance for the infection. This is a requirement and the dentist are obliged to follow it!<BR/>If this person had gone to a hospital or clinic to have the infection investigated they would have been treated!<BR/>Ant surgery required would have been taken care of.OMMAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475151103850378778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-82509327908732956382007-04-28T12:49:00.000-04:002007-04-28T12:49:00.000-04:00Thanks, Raz. That's good info to know. There are a...Thanks, Raz. That's good info to know. There are actually a lot of retired folks who have no dental coverage and would likely benefit from knowing this.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-68809210719425980392007-04-28T12:20:00.000-04:002007-04-28T12:20:00.000-04:00For information purposes, there are dental clinics...For information purposes, there are dental clinics at the Universities across Canada that will do dental work performed by the students. It's monitored in detail by their professors, dentists of course. There is also an emergency dental clinic at the Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto...plus....there are dentists around who will do the necessary work - as in infected tooth- and make a payment arrangment, even if it's a small amount per month.<BR/><BR/>razAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-75862465297180316892007-04-28T11:17:00.000-04:002007-04-28T11:17:00.000-04:00Better 5 hours than not at all.Better 5 hours than not at all.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-37763140287357243692007-04-28T11:14:00.000-04:002007-04-28T11:14:00.000-04:00Yes, Dental care is far too efficient in Canada. W...Yes, Dental care is far too efficient in Canada. We should all wait 5 hours for that too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-59021446455821118852007-04-28T11:00:00.000-04:002007-04-28T11:00:00.000-04:00The dentist probably should have done a better job...The dentist probably should have done a better job explaining all this to Mr. Han, and following up to make sure he was o.k.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-37052496475261732922007-04-28T10:41:00.000-04:002007-04-28T10:41:00.000-04:00In Ontario OHIP will cover dental treatments if th...In Ontario OHIP will cover dental treatments if the problem will affect the health of the patient.<BR/><BR/>I mean, this was an infection, a doctor could have perscribed an anti-biotic and been paid for by OHIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-21827571091505141172007-04-28T10:04:00.000-04:002007-04-28T10:04:00.000-04:00Definitely a problem with communication in this ca...Definitely a problem with communication in this case.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283843.post-85579515500029365592007-04-28T10:02:00.000-04:002007-04-28T10:02:00.000-04:00um...the dentist could have refered the individual...um...the dentist could have refered the individual to a hospital to do an extraction done, just like getting wisdom teeth out. Now don't get me wrong, maybe a root canal or bridge would have been the prefered treatment but spending $75 for an extraction would have just as easily saved this persons vision...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com