Tegwyn H. Brickhouse

Oct 30, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Junghwan Kim |Shashank Karki |Tegwyn H. Brickhouse |Marko Vujicic

1 Introduction Access to dental care is a national public health crisis in the United States (USA). In 2023, around 21% of Americans are currently living in the dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, measured using the number of dentists relative to the population with consideration of high needs [1]. Based on the 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, only 43% of the USA population had a dental visit in the past 12 months [2].