Tre Mac

Whuuu?

There's no connection between your wasted tax dollars and our health care.

Fillings aren't essential. Just block a slap shot with your face. 

@luckylager I want to keep trolling you on the tax dollar thing but I think you're starting to take me seriously. 

One time when I was in the hospital, there was a young guy with a new wife upstairs in the ICU who ignored a cavity, it rotted a hole eventually to the soft tissue and got infected and traveled to his brain.  He died 2 days later from the swelling in his brain.

An unhealthy mouth has also been proven to have detrimental effects on a person's heart.  It's a shame that Canada's healthcare doesn't cover cavities.  It probably costs as much or more in the long run to the healthcare system in adverse effects.

@SabreFan1

Was merely clowning a bit myself.

Here's the thing though. You can literally walk into the hospital in agony due to a cavity and they'll pull the tooth.

I'd say (even though I don't have the numbers) it's extraordinarily rare for someone to die from an abscess in Canada.

-"Errrr ma gerd ma tooth hurty, pull it out"

MD- "Ok, just hold your head still, I'm gonna fire a puck at you"

- "Aim high Doc, hurts deep"

*clap* 

*pop*

Doc gets out the dust buster, cleans up the hole, gives you a bunch of drugs and sends you home.

Yes, a healthy mouth is very important to your overall well being and it should be part of our national health care system. But it's not. 

However dental emergency is. Extreme pain caused by a cavity or impacted wisdom teeth is accepted at the hospital and will be treated (properly, without pucks) there.