* This article is Shigeru Hori "Viruses and dementia are all because of teeth?Is a re -edited part of (Shogakukan).
写真＝iStock.com／anatoliy_gleb※写真はイメージです全ての画像を見る（4枚）[Patient] I have been to a dentist since I was a child, but I have never heard of what the cause of cavity is.
[Dentist] Dental medical treatment generally performed in Japan is considered mainly in cavity treatment.It is a repetition of healing if a cavity comes out like a mole hitting.But the fact that it has become a cavity has a fundamental cause.The problem is that there is not enough approach to the cause.
[Patient] Is it different overseas?
[Dental] That's right.Already worldwide, advanced medical care that emphasizes "prevention" rather than "treatment" has been introduced.However, in the Japanese insurance system, care for prevention is not covered.
In particular, dental insurance medical treatment can only be used by determined methods, determined materials, and insurance.It should be advanced according to the times, but the treatment and materials used are almost the same as 30 years ago when I opened.
[Patient] Therefore, the teacher stopped insurance medical treatment and opened a free medical clinic.
[Dentist] I was born in 1958, but the average life expectancy at that time was about 60 years old.Everyone has a lot of caries and is like a flood of cavity teeth.So, it was an era where treatments were necessary to be able to be done efficiently in a short time, such as cutting and packing.
However, my life was short, so I didn't have any trouble even if my teeth were gone due to the repetition of treatment.In other words, no prevention was needed.The insurance system that was considered in that era is still going on in the 100 -year life.
[Patient] I see.It is said to be outdated.