by Darren Edwards | Mar 1, 2025 | Dashboard
This updated version of the National Oral Health Data Portal consolidates more than two dozen datasets from federal and non-profit partners to examine national, state, and local trends in a single file. Designed in partnership by CareQuest Institute and the...
by Caitlin Locklear | Jan 31, 2025 | Blog
Dental therapy is expanding as more states authorize dental therapists to practice. But there are still a lot of questions when it comes to dental therapists’ capabilities, employment, and education. During a recent CareQuest Institute webinar, “Dental Therapy:...
by Darren Edwards | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog
Discrimination. Cost. Education. Employment. Together, they are four powerful socioeconomic factors that act as barriers to adequate oral health for millions of adults in the United States. The newest CareQuest Institute report, Does Our Oral Health Care System...
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 | Jan 7, 2025 | Journal Article
In an article in BMC Oral Health, researchers from CareQuest Institute and Texas A&M University College of Dentistry analyze the impact of structural and intermediary determinants on oral health outcomes. They found that adults who experienced any of the social...
