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Many Americans pay out of pocket to cover dental costs — or avoid dental care altogether. Nearly 80 million Americans don’t have dental insurance, according to a 2022 report by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health(opens in new tab). And in 2022, more adults identified cost as a reason they are likely to avoid dental care altogether (43%) than in 2021 (38%), the report says.
The white paper, written by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, the Society of American Indian Dentists, and the National Indian Health Board’s Tribal Oral Health Initiate, includes findings from a new State of Oral Health Equity in America survey that included data from more than 550 American Indian and Alaska Native respondents.
The symposium, "Assessing Oral Health Disparities Through a Nationally Representative Survey," included presentations by Adrianna Sonnek, Rebecca Preston, of the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Presenters analyzed findings regarding how oral health disparities affect several underserved and underrepresented sociodemographic groups as demonstrated by data from the nationally representative 2023 State of Oral Health Equity in America survey from CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. The symposium took place on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
At CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, we have challenged ourselves to reevaluate our philosophy and our approach to grantmaking.
“We know that the work isn’t easy. We know we have centuries of structural injustice to unwind,” said Myechia Minter-Jordan, the president and CEO of CareQuest Institute for Oral Health.
In Kentucky, a recent CareQuest Institute study revealed that the state was spending $44 million per year for these largely preventable or avoidable dental visits.
“Anything you would associate with the fight-or-flight response would be considered a sign of dentophobia,” says Lisa J. Heaton, PhD.
The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral healthcare system, has introduced a request for proposals regarding dental research.
Yet, an estimated 77 million adults in the U.S. have no dental insurance, triple the amount who have no health insurance at all, says a report by the CareQuest Institute.
The authors examined the relationship between periodontal disease treatment and DM health care costs in commercial insurance and Medicaid claims data.