by Darren Edwards | Aug 7, 2025 | Publication
Medicaid is a key source of health care coverage for nearly 80 million people in the United States, providing comprehensive dental coverage for children and some adults — but only some adults. Many states offer limited or emergency-only care under Medicaid, leaving...
by Darren Edwards | Aug 6, 2025 | Visual Report
What does Medicaid cover for dental for adults? According to this CareQuest Institute report updated for 2025, 21 states now offer additional dental coverage to specific beneficiary groups, including pregnant and postpartum adults, adults with developmental and/or...
by Darren Edwards | Aug 1, 2025 | Dashboard
Identify Areas to Strengthen Adult Dental Benefits The Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Checker is an interactive tool for policymakers, administrators, and advocates to better understand where a given state’s Medicaid adult dental benefits package falls on a continuum...
by Darren Edwards | Jul 23, 2025 | Journal Article
In this article published in BMC Oral Health, CareQuest Institute researchers examined the existing peer-reviewed literature to determine who is most often evaluated for oral health literacy (OHL), what oral health measures and interventions are utilized, and who is...
by Darren Edwards | Jul 21, 2025 | Journal Article
Moving Beyond One-Dimensional Data Collection This article, published in BMC Oral Health, explores how current data collection practices can perpetuate inequities by rendering some groups invisible or misrepresented. Researchers from CareQuest Institute and the...
by Darren Edwards | Jul 16, 2025 | Visual Report
Majority of Americans Support Community Water Fluoridation A national survey of US adults shows 81% either support community water fluoridation (52%) or they are not opposed to it (29%). After more than 7,000 studies, the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence...
