Invest In Your Dentist - Perioeconomics

According to a Pew Center report, more Americans are turning to the emergency room for routine dental problems — a choice that often costs 10 times more than preventive care and offers far fewer treatment options than a dentist's office. Many of those emergency visits involve trouble such as toothaches. In Minnesota, nearly 20 percent of all dental-related ER visits are return trips, the analysis said.That's because emergency rooms generally are not staffed by dentists.

Simply seeing your dentist for routine checkups and preventive care could save millions of dollars to society.

Perioeconomics is about the financial impact of oral disease on society and medical care costs.

81 BILLION dollars was spent in the U.S. in 2006 as a result of oral biofilm (Flemmig et al 2011). Spread the word. Invest in your dentist.