Key legal question
Whether the dental treatment was covered by compulsory health insurance as treatment of a severe, unavoidable disease of the masticatory system.
Extracted holding
The record did not establish an osteopathy or other qualifying severe disease of the masticatory system; coverage under compulsory health insurance was therefore denied.
Extracted reasoning
Although the case file showed jawbone atrophy, the medical evidence indicated that the bone loss was mainly the consequence of teeth extracted at age 23 and did not show an extreme, non-age-related atrophy of the jawbone within the meaning of the relevant regulations and case law.