Dental Economics: New Data: Americans Are Still Not Getting The Dental Care They Need

Costs as a deterrent to care… Growing racial disparities across the system… Lack of access to dental coverage.

These are just some of the continuing challenges that are driving deep inequities in our oral health-care system, according to a new national study. Earlier this year, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health conducted its second annual State of Oral Health Equity in America survey―a nationally representative survey of 5,682 adults to study knowledge, attitudes, experiences, and behaviors related to oral health―and uncovered valuable and worrying insights about the state of the industry.

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