Health is health care, and health care is health. Dental health and oral health care are absolutely essential when it comes to looking after your global health. Experts, hygienists and dentists in particular have pointed to the fact that good oral health reduces the risk of diabetes. It reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. It reduces the risk of generalized infections, and reduces the risk of people not being able.... It increases the risk of cancer as well, and many other things that are connected to the mouth. Our mouth is obviously connected closely to the rest of our body.
Investing in oral health care is a good way to improve overall health. What we're also finding is that, by providing for better oral health of Canadians, we avoid having those Canadians having to go to the emergency department and emergency surgery, which would cost a fortune to the health care system and would make the lives of everyone a lot worse off.