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Article: Patients Switched on to the Value of Dental Care.
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- PR Newswire Europe
- Article date:
- March 26, 2009
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LONDON, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A survey commissioned by the UK's leading dental payment plan specialist, Denplan, revealed that 89 per cent of us understand that poor dental health could impact on our overall general health.
While 72% of us would not consider delaying a dental appointment, the figures suggest that some of us are willing to risk our health with 13% admitting to delaying or even cancelling a routine check-up because of the recession. This suggests that 6 million* adults are delaying dental check-ups because of pressure on finances.
The survey also revealed that routine dental care is important (88 per cent) to us, and that 87 per ...