{"id":3428,"date":"2011-01-23T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2011-01-23T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T20:04:57","slug":"dental-health-for-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2011\/01\/dental-health-for-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"DENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUR CHILDREN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Keeping kids’ teeth healthy requires more than just daily brushing. During a routine well-child exam, you may be surprised to find the doctor examining your child’s teeth and asking you about your water supply. That’s because fluoride, a substance that’s found naturally in water, plays an important role in healthy tooth development and cavity prevention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/a> offers Dental Blue <\/a>insurance coverage that pays 100% of preventive care , routine oral exams and cleanng.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dental Blue also includes coverage for basic and major services as well.<\/p>\n

Even tiny tots need regular checkups, just like mom and dad. The American Dental Association recommends kids start getting checkups at about age 1, or when their first tooth appears.<\/p>\n

Yet even before then it’s important to care for your child’s teeth and gums. Though they’ll eventually lose them, baby teeth help a child speak and chew well, and also create a path for the permanent teeth that follow<\/p>\n

For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0 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. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping kids’ teeth healthy requires more than just daily brushing. During a routine well-child exam, you may be surprised to find the doctor examining your child’s teeth and asking you about your water supply. That’s because fluoride, a substance that’s found naturally in water, plays an important role in healthy tooth development and cavity prevention.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[23,136,816,25,439],"class_list":["post-3428","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","tag-oral-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3428","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3428"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3428\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}