by Darren Edwards | Jun 4, 2025 | Publication
This report evaluates the impact of a learning community comprising 14 safety-net dental practices across North Carolina with a goal to transform oral health for the 47 counties and 87,000 patients they serve. The initiative was a partnership between the North...
by Darren Edwards | May 4, 2025 | Publication
Many adults living with disabilities face considerable challenges to accessing necessary oral health care, according to findings from CareQuest Institute’s most recent State of Oral Health Equity in America (SOHEA) survey. More than one in four adults in the United...
by Darren Edwards | Apr 2, 2025 | Publication
A Review and Recommendations This comprehensive white paper and collection of use cases, co-authored by CareQuest Institute and 19 academic institutions, explore interprofessional education (IPE) in health care, with a particular focus on oral health. The authors find...
by Darren Edwards | Mar 17, 2025 | Publication
Dental caries is one of the most prevalent human diseases. And understanding the role of diet, demographics, and environmental factors in dental caries rates in children is essential to improve children’s health. To better understand these factors, CareQuest Institute...
by Darren Edwards | Jan 14, 2025 | Publication
Persistent Barriers to Equitable Access for All Barriers to adequate oral health care for millions of people in the US — barriers stemming from socioeconomic factors and environments that do not welcome everyone — continue to create inequities, according to CareQuest...
by Darren Edwards | Oct 22, 2024 | Publication
Should Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Care? CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s annual State of Oral Health Equity in America survey asked over 9,000 adults about visiting a dentist and about dental benefits included in Medicaid and Medicare. Key findings from...
