Dental Health effects more than just your teeth.\u00a0 Keeping those teeth pearly white and your smile bright has many more benefits that go beyond aesthetics.<\/p>\n
According to the BCBSNC Dental Blue<\/a> website, proper dental health is essential for Diabetics, Pregnancy, Respiratory and Cardiac Health:<\/p>\n Periodontal disease can increase blood sugar levels for diabetics and lead to further diabetic complications.\u00a0 Women with periodontal disease in their 2nd trimester are 7 times more likely to have preterm deliveries and low birth weight babies.\u00a0 Periodontal disease can also exacerbate current cardiac disease.\u00a0 In addition, it can\u00a0double the chances of\u00a0Coronary Artery Disease.\u00a0 Growing bacteria in the oral cavitiy\u00a0can even cause\u00a0respiratory issues such a pneumonia.\u00a0<\/p>\n Don’t forget those pearly whites each and every day and night!<\/p>\n For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dental Health effects more than just your teeth.\u00a0 Keeping those teeth pearly white and your smile bright has many more benefits that go beyond aesthetics. According to the BCBSNC Dental Blue website, proper dental health is essential for Diabetics, Pregnancy, Respiratory and Cardiac Health:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[23,136,816,25],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-blue","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-dental-blue","tag-dental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}