Why isn't dental health considered primary medical care?

a lot of effort in this article to connect general health care to dental care.

and yet, it feels so moot.

if you have ever had to get emergency dental surgery, it is immediately clear that dental health is critical.

with that said, one has to wonder with the challenges we've seen to provide universal health care, what battles lay ahead to provide universal dental care...

This article explores the connection between oral health and overall health, highlighting the increasing recognition of the importance of integrating dental care into primary medical care. It discusses the historical separation of dentistry and medicine, the numerous links between oral health and systemic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, and the obstacles to integrating the two fields, including payment structures and training gaps. Despite evidence demonstrating connections, a definitive causal link between oral disease and other systemic illnesses hasn't been fully established.