{"id":17386,"date":"2020-12-24T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T13:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17386"},"modified":"2020-12-24T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T13:55:43","slug":"medicare-will-not-cover-your-dental-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17386","title":{"rendered":"Medicare will not cover your dental care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People over the age of 65 retain some of their natural teeth; older people are at higher risk of gum disease, tooth decay, oral cancer, and tooth loss. There\u2019s an association between gum disease and conditions like heart disease, stroke, and even diabetes according to Harvard Medical School. However, Original Medicare doesn\u2019t cover most dental work, but there are a few exceptions: teeth pulled before undergoing radiation treatment for jaw cancer or jaw reconstruction after an accident. The attached article appearing on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/\">www.marketwatch.com<\/a>, explains there are other ways to get dental coverage to ensure your teeth and gums are in good health. Read article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/does-medicare-cover-dental-care-01608318413?link=MW_latest_news\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16213\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dreamstime_s_143372925dentist-dental-surgery-oral.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People over the age of 65 retain some of their natural teeth; older people are at higher risk of gum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentaloral-health","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17387,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions\/17387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}