If you've ever had a dental problem, you know the expense involved with getting it fixed. Hospitals and emergency rooms aren't equipped to take care of these types of issues. Being sent home with antibiotics and pain pills only treats the symptoms. Minor infections can turn into life-threatening conditions quickly.

The deficit in dental coverage in the U.S. is enormous. Nearly 69 million U.S. adults did not have dental insurance or access to routine oral health care last year. Millions more lost dental insurance last year when states began to unwind Medicaid coverage for people who signed up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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*: Survey by the nonprofit CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
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