Dental Insurance Kids, Dental coverage for patients with Medicaid may not prevent tooth-related ER visits
According to a new study, access to dental care by low-income Americans has become the exception, rather than the rule, as fewer dentists accept Medicaid.
More than two percent of all emergency department visits are now related to nontraumatic dental conditions, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the University of California-San Francisco, Truven Health Analytics and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.