FACTORS
Dental infections are known to contribute greatly to heart attacks, chronic fatigue, respiratory problems, and brain dysfunctions. Small cracks in teeth are often overlooked, aging of dental mercury amalgams is usually ignored, most root canal surgeries become sources of subtle chronic infections. Most health diminishing dental problems are NOT painful. Costs are high; coverage is low.

QUALITY
KaVo DIAGNOdent®: Laser Cavity Detection (http://www.kavousa.com/) is a form of dental diagnostic tool which has become available since 2000. The facility for the dentist to improve their diagnostic accuracy from an average of 65% to 85%, or better, has resulted in its becoming rapidly implemented into many North American dental practices by 2005, though seldom used in B.C..

A number of advantages benefit both the patient and the dentist. It permits the use of minimally invasive treatments without unnecessary preparation.

STATUS
----- Current BC Medical awareness: NONE
----- Possible cost savings per 2007: $10 million, and 70 lives.
(lost income and savings to the ill; lost tax payments; deaths)
We cannot have a healthy society until it is equal in its treatment of the ill.