Yasmina Kattou / Photo credits : THIBAUT DURAND / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 07h45, November 07, 2024
Health insurance will unveil its program on Thursday to achieve a cavity-free generation. The M’T Dents system, which allows a 100% covered dental consultation every three years, will increase to one consultation per year from next year.
A cavity-free generation. This is the objective sought by health insurance which will unveil its program to achieve this at midday on Thursday. Today, a 12-year-old Frenchman has twice as many cavities as a German child. For this reason, the M’T Dents program (“love your teeth”) offers a consultation with the dentist, 100% covered, every three years, will offer one consultation per year for all children from next year. Who is affected?
A consultation covered 100%
Every year, from 3 to 24 years old, a consultation with the dentist will be 100% covered. A letter will be sent to young people, with a care voucher. If a cavity is detected, subsequent appointments and treatments will be fully reimbursed. This is to avoid heavier care later. “In France, more than half of dental surgeons perform dental replacement procedures. teeth while this activity only concerns 25% in Germany”, explains Marguerite Cazeneuve, deputy director of Health Insurance.
“Taking care of the health of your mouth means preventing the onset of cardiovascular diseases”
This should also make it possible to reduce health insurance expenses, insists Christophe Lequart, spokesperson for the union for oral health. “Taking care of the health of your mouth means preventing the onset of cardiovascular diseases. Infective endocarditis is a condition of the wall of the heart, the first gateway to this disease, it is not a cavity. properly cared for. These are savings for the future in terms of health insurance,” he says.
Ultimately, health insurance wants to extend the system to 3-25 year olds then to 3-26 year olds to achieve the objective of a cavity-free generation.
