CBS News: Americans lack for dental care

According to a recent report from CBS News, part of its “Other America” series, more than one hundred million Americans do not have dental insurance. The lack of coverage is leading to problems such as school absence, unemployment and even death.

Prisma Dental has worked with North American patients for two decades, providing top quality dental prices that people can afford. If you need major dental care, we urge you not to put it off.

(The video is direct from CBS News; There’s a short advertising lead-in.)

Before and After Photos: Prisma Dental

Among the lost posts of this summer of 2008 have been a few worth resurrecting from the emails out of which they sprang. Here’s the before and after smile of a patient who was quite happy with his results. Click on the photo to see a larger image.

Affordable and available dental care

The media in the U.K. recently has been full of stories about the inadequacy of dental care under the National Health System there, as we pointed out on Feb. 28 here. Today, there’s a report about waiting lists from The Scotsman.

“WHEN Caroline Dollemore-Hunt urgently needed a dentist to treat a painful problem with her teeth, she thought the NHS would provide one.

But after being told she is 6,836th on the waiting list merely to be registered with an NHS dentist, she has become resigned to her teeth crumbling and falling out before she can get help …”

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New York Affordable Dental

Whitening …Many New Yorkers who need major dental work, such as implants, crowns, oral surgery and full mouth reconstruction, find that they cannot afford New York dental prices. Even for those who have dental insurance and dental plans for coverage, the out-of-pocket cost can be beyond the budget of the average person.

More than 1,500 people from the U.S. travel to Prisma Dental every year for world-class dentistry they can afford. The best dental plan in New York can be to know about Prisma Dental — we are just a relatively short plane flight away. It is very easy to contact us and schedule your appointment.

You can contact us by email at clinic@prismadental.com.

Our normal business hours are Monday to Friday to 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Costa Rican time, or 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST daylight savings time, Monday-Friday. You can also call us toll-free from New York at: 1.866.741.8194.

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