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The health care system could save up to $100M each year if dental offices performed screenings for diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
34% lower whiteness index was measured for smokers in a recent study by Italian researchers, the first of its kind to examine and compare the differences in the color of teeth in a group of smokers and non-smokers.
Source: Odontology March 2022
1.4 times accelerated tooth loss was found in socially isolated adults in a recent study in China.
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology January 2022
More than 60 million Americans reside in rural areas; of those, 34 million live in a dental health provider shortage area.
Source: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services