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1、HealthstartswithYourTeethYoucannotbehealthyunlessyourteetharehealthyOralandSystemicHealthWhatistherelationshipbetweenoralhealthandsystemichealth?Population-basedstudiesdocumentassociationsbetweenperiodontaldiseaseandheartdisease,adversepregnancyoutcomes
2、,andrenaldisease,amongothers.Aretheseassociationscausalorcoincidental?Canhealingdiseaseinthemouthinfluencediseaseinthebody?Shouldadentistalertaphysicianorotherhealthcareprofessionaltothepotentialconsequencesoforaldiseaseinaparticularpatient?Orviceversa?
3、Howdoesinsurance—orlackthereof—affectanindividual'sabilitytomaintainoralhealth,andwhataretheconsequencesforoverallhealthandwellbeing?AetnaAetnaAnalysisProvidesProofThatDentalMedicalIntegrationProgramHelpsPeopleWithChronicConditionsTakeBetterCareOfTheirT
4、eethAndGums ProgramdemonstratingsuccessinhelpingpeopleachievebetteroverallhealthHARTFORD,Conn.,May18,2011—Aetna(NYSE:AET)todayannouncedtheresultsofananalysisoftheAetnaDentalMedicalIntegration(DMI)program.Since2007,over930,000peopleparticipatedintheDMIpr
5、ogramandAetnasent652,000educationalmailings.Inaddition,dentalcarecoordinatorsmadeover250,000followupphonecallstomemberswhohavenothadarecentdentalvisit.AsaresultofAetna’sproactiveoutreach,56percentofpeoplewhoreceivedinformationfromtheDMIprogramsoughtdent
6、alcare.TheanalysisalsoshowedthatDMImemberswithaccesstoregulardentalcarehadbettercontroloftheirdiabetesincludingmoreregulatedbloodglucoselevels.“Approximately65percentoftheUSpopulationhasperiodontaldisease.Theprevalenceofperiodontaldiseaseincreasesto90pe
7、rcentinindividualswithachronicconditionlikediabetes,”saidMaryLeeConicella,DMD,ChiefDentalOfficerforAetnaDental.“Thescientificliteratureclearlyshowstheassociationbetweenoralhealthandgoodoverallhealth.TheDMIprogramhelpsfindwaystoconnectthetwobyeducatingpa
8、tientsandprovidinginformationandresourcestohelppeoplegetthecaretheyneed.”Aetna’sDMIprogramisavailabletopeoplewithAetnadentalandmedicalcoverageandusessophisticatedtechnologytoidentifymemberswhohavenothadarecentdentalvisitthatarepr
