Reconnecting Mouth and Body Requires Rethinking Dental Care Financing

Abstract

Marko Vujicic discusses how dental care financing in the United States has impacted oral healthcare delivery, access, and utilization. He makes the case that the separation of oral health from overall health inthe United States, regarding financing of care, has influenced the oral health of the U.S. population, and highlights how itmay be difficult—if not impossible—to reconnect the mouth to the body without rethinking how dental care might be integrated into health payer systems.