ADA.org: Future of Dentistry Full Report

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY dental care" and a "needs approach to dental care." The two concepts derive from very different disci- plinar ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY In private practice most care is provided to those who are willing and able to pay the den- tist's standard f ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY restorations declined by 75% (American Dental Association [ADA], 1994 and 2001). The decline in amalgams is p ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY equal amounts of payment for dental care, each at about 47% of the total, with government-financed care accou ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY (United States General Accounting Office, 2000). The 1997 State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) extend ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY MANAGED CARE PLANS Preferred Provider Organizations have experi- enced 20-30% annual growth in membership fro ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY largest percent were unhappy with the plan's fees (71.7%). The next most frequently mentioned rea- son for di ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY Medicaid programs which themselves have had limited impact, the overall impact of SCHIP on access to dental c ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY of data agree that there are important differences in the use of dental care among subgroups of the populatio ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY average expenditures from $541.99 to $475.52 (see Table 4.2). While this per capita decrease in expendi- ture ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY 65 Financing of and Access to Dental Services Percentage Distribution of Persons 2 Years of Age and Over who ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY RACE & ETHNICITY As shown in Table 4.3, over time, dental visits have increased for both the White and Af ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY For children living below the poverty level, real dental expenditures increased. Among children 2-4 years old ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY In the 1989 NHIS (Bloom et al, 1992), by far the most common reason given for not having a dental visit in th ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY impetus to increasing utilization among Medicaid- eligible children. The state of Michigan, in an attempt to ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY using public funds. While surveys suggest that most Americans support providing all citizens financial access ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY communities may have a more difficult challenge in securing needed dental care. There is no reason to expect ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY ficulties of providing employer-based prepayment for this segment of the market is avoided. However, indi- vi ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY ate students, and faculty providing care in commu- nity clinics and practices located in disadvantaged areas. ...

FUTURE OFDENTISTRY contribution to purchase more extensive insurance coverage. The employees are the owners of the poli- cies th ...