by Darren Edwards | Mar 15, 2024 | Visual Report
Perspectives from Nationally Representative Data To address disparities in oral health care, it’s critical to understand how people perceive and experience the oral health care system. CareQuest Institute’s annual State of Oral Health Equity in America survey does...
by Darren Edwards | Feb 2, 2024 | Visual Report
Adults in the US miss more than 243 million hours of productivity time each year due to oral health problems, according to findings from CareQuest Institute’s State of Oral Health Equity in America survey. Respondents’ lost productivity time was due to their own oral...
by Darren Edwards | Aug 17, 2023 | Visual Report
The benefits of integrating oral health care and overall health care are well-known. However, the inability for medical and dental providers to access and contribute to shared patient records continues to be a barrier to an integrated health system. To learn about...
by Darren Edwards | Jul 20, 2023 | Visual Report
How Dental Health Affects Overall Health at Every Age Across the lifespan, there is a strong connection between dental health and overall health. But the nature of that connection — the specific challenges and risks — changes over time. An infographic from CareQuest...
by Darren Edwards | Jun 22, 2023 | Visual Report
Spotlight on Florida Previous reports from CareQuest Institute have analyzed why and how frequently adults visit an emergency department (ED) for dental conditions that could be best treated in a dental setting. This report is the first to explore children’s use of...
by Darren Edwards | Jun 20, 2023 | Visual Report
Links Between Oral Health and Overall Health for Older Adults Oral health is about more than a pretty smile. The benefits of good oral health extend to overall health, self-esteem, and quality of life. And the risks of poor oral health can be particularly severe for...
