SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Monday it will consider lowering the financial burden of senior citizens getting dentures and dental implants starting next year to meet President Moon Jae-in’s campaign pledge. Those aged over 65 are currently required to pay half of the costs for dentures and dental implants. The 50 [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “My dad always tells me that my breath smells like poop and it’s driving me mad. I have trouble talking to people up close, face-to-face in school.” “I have terrible breath like I’m belching out a public toilet.” “My girlfriend has awful breath and I don’t want to tell [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The battle over dentists performing botox injections between the Korean Medical Association (KMA) and the Korean Dental Association (KDA) began sometime in 2011 when a dentist named Jung was accused of violating medical laws by giving a botox injection to one of his patients. Jung attempted to use previous cases [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The local dental association said Friday it has designated July 1 as Denture Day, timed with revised state health insurance coverage going into effect. The coverage for dentures has been widened to people over 65 from the former 70 as of Friday, halving the cost for those individuals to [...]