{"id":9,"date":"2013-01-01T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glistendental.com\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:09:16","slug":"man-died-keeping-wisdom-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glistendental.com\/blog\/man-died-keeping-wisdom-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Man Died From Keeping His Wisdom Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now you have probably read, watched, or heard of the ABC News story about the man who died from a toothache<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A brief summary, if not: a 24-year-old man had no health insurance, and thus couldn’t afford to get his wisdom teeth out. They became infected, and the infection spread to his brain, eventually killing him.<\/p>\n

Tragic to be sure, and while there’s a massive argument to be had about universal health care, this isn’t the place for it.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quote about the other part of this discussion that should be read and absorbed well.<\/p>\n

“People don’t realize that dental disease can cause serious illness,” said Dr. Irvin Silverstein, a dentist at the University of California at San Diego.”The problems are not just cosmetic. Many people die from dental disease.”<\/p>\n

Heart disease and many other problems are linked to problems that find their origins in the mouth – do some reading at the Mayo Clinic’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In short, find a way to get to your dentist!<\/p>\n

One thing that strikes me about ABC’s headline: he didn’t technically<\/em> die from a toothache. That seems a bit sensationalistic. He died from an infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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