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The High Authority for Health ruled on Wednesday November 6 in favor of the coverage by Social Security of expensive devices which make it possible to replace missing teeth. One million are installed each year in France, but many patients give up due to lack of means.
A glimmer of hope for reducing the profound inequalities in access to dental care. The High Authority for Health issued a favorable opinion on Wednesday, November 6, for the reimbursement of dental implants, these artificial titanium roots which allow teeth to be replaced. “This is real progress, which must be transformed into reality as soon as possible,” greets Catherine Simonin, member of the office of the France Assos Santé federation of associations, who made this request last year.
What does the High Authority for Health say?
The institution has decided to reimburse “in the general population” of two types of devices: removable complete prostheses and single dental implants in cases of edentulism. The first allow you to replace an entire row of teeth. “We regularly encounter problems maintaining mandibular prostheses [celles du bas, ndlr], since the bone and gum have often disappeared.” The type of prosthesis concerned by the HAS opinion includes implants “which allow them to be stabilized”, details Christ
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