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State of Oral Health Equity in America
To treat the whole person, our health system must better recognize the link between oral health and systemic health.”
The State of Oral Health Equity in America is the largest nationally representative survey focused exclusively on adults’ knowledge, attitudes, experiences, and behaviors related to oral health.
The latest survey of more than 9,300 adults across the United States also collects information on how insurance coverage, oral health literacy, and access to a trusted provider can improve oral health opportunities and affect outcomes.
Findings from the survey allow oral health stakeholders to uncover and address oral health equity gaps.
Key Findings
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2025 Reports
Inequities Among LGBTQIA+ People of Color
The Dental Home Is Where Good Oral Health Starts
Exploring Oral Health and Care Access among Adults with Disabilities
Does Our Oral Health Care System Welcome Everyone?
2024 Reports
Experiences with and Outcomes of Oral Health Care
Previous State of Oral Health Equity in America Reports
Methodology
The State of Oral Health Equity in America 2024 survey was designed by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Information was collected by NORC at the University of Chicago from March through May 2024, from adults 18 and older on the AmeriSpeak panel. AmeriSpeak is a probability-based panel designed to be representative of the US household population. Randomly selected US households were sampled using area probability and address-based sampling, with a known, non-zero probability of selection from the NORC National Sample Frame. Sampled households were contacted by US mail, telephone, and field interviewers. An additional general population sample was selected at the state level to increase the number of complete interviews for individual state oversamples. In 2024, a sampling unit of 22,448 was used, with a final sample size of 9,307 and a final weighted cumulative response rate of 41.5%. All data presented account for appropriate sample weights. The margin of error for the survey is 1.44%. All results presented are statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level unless otherwise noted.