A tooth infection can easily spread to your brain and kill you. It's a very short path.

But even if your teeth are just regular bad, that affects how you can eat, and eating is kind of important to living.

The best description for teeth in the context of insurance that I've ever heard was "luxury bones".

Gum disease has been linked to heart disease and now there might be a link to dementia due to the bacteria that can enter the bloodstream from the mouth.

Not to mention a tiny fucking hole in them is one of the the most painful experiences in life which only ends if you see a dentist, wait for it to rot, or rip the tooth out yourself.

And that's not even mentioning how fucked the average persons diet is, it's practically guaranteed to happen eventually, without intervention.

Luxury bones

Just gonna drop this here for anyone that wants to know about the best way to take care of teeth.

https://slrpnk.net/comment/18504970

You can pretty much die from bad teeth, like rot and cavities. It is just a matter of when.

Yes, but you're leaving out how bad a problem gum disease is.

Eyes and skin are not far off if it want for the fact they were replied soon so much. (Re WHS protective goggles , sunscreen)

mammals pretty much have the short end of the stick as far as teeth and bones goes, we cant replace it often like reptiles can.

I'm not a fan of insurance companies, but the dental/medical insurance split makes sense. Insurance is fundamentally a risk hedging game. It matters what the risks are. Most medical conditions will only happen to a small percentage of people, so we can all put money into a pool and pay out to the unlucky people who, for example, get cancer. Almost everyone needs some dental work eventually, everyone's teeth wear down. Dental insurance is more like a savings plan than a gamble on rare outcomes. It doesn't make sense to pool those risks together.