Why Is This Important?
Oral health is important to overall health. Good oral health improves a person’s ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew, swallow, and make facial expressions to show feelings and emotions.
Lack of access to dental care for all ages remains a public health challenge. In particular adults and children on Medicaid receive less dental care than privately insured residents.
Measures
INS
2020
40.4%
2
-17%
INS
2020
22.1%
1
-27%
INS
2020
20.2%
2
-27%
INS
2020
11.3%
1
-39%
INS
2017
9.4%
1
203%