494 - Beyond "Drill and Fill"—Oral Health Is Critical to Overall Health, So Why Isn't It Considered Part of Medicine?
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Oral health extends far beyond cleanings and cavities, but coverage schemes are often considered an extra "benefit" and not a necessity. Dentists Leah Leinbach and Sujay Mehta talk with Stephanie Desmon about why oral health goes way beyond "drill and fill" to impacting overall health, the history behind oral health's divorce from medicine, and how the importance of including dental care as part of health care is being discussed at a global level.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:17.1 | and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore. |
| 0:19.7 | Our goal is to bring evidence and experience to illuminate critical public health issues. |
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| 0:37.8 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. |
| 0:41.5 | Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to dentists Su J. Mehta and Leah Linebach about how oral |
| 0:47.5 | health extends far beyond cleanings and cavities and is a serious public health concern that |
| 0:52.9 | doesn't get enough attention. |
| 0:55.0 | Let's listen. |
| 0:56.0 | Sue J. Meta and Leah Linebach, thanks so much for joining me. |
| 1:00.0 | Thanks. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:02.0 | So today we're going to talk about oral health. |
| 1:04.0 | You're both dentists. |
| 1:06.0 | And I want to talk sort of beyond your regular oral health, like getting your cavities filled. |
| 1:12.4 | What's always struck me about dental health is that it's an employee perk, right? |
| 1:17.2 | And Medicaid and Medicare don't actually cover it. |
| 1:19.9 | So I'm wondering what results from that arrangement? |
| 1:23.1 | Leah? |
| 1:23.9 | Thank you for that question. |
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