Oral Health in Florida is Among the Worst in the Nation

Oral Health in Florida is Among the Worst in the Nation

Florida's Oral Health Crisis

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Florida hospitals billed over a half-billion dollars in 2021 for preventable, non-traumatic dental issues
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Number of Floridians living in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
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Emergency room visits for preventable, non-traumatic dental conditions in 2021
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Life-threatening admissions to hospital for non-traumatic dental issues
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Florida 3rd graders with untreated cavities – 4th worst in the nation.
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Dental care is the top unmet healthcare need in Florida

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Floridians for Dental Access is a bipartisan coalition of individuals and organizations throughout our state actively working to increase access to oral health care through evidence-based best practices in modern dentistry and dental hygiene. 

It’s Time for a Change

What is wrong with this country? If a child has a broken arm, we fix it. Yet virtually every day I see children walking around with dental infections that are literally inches from their brain.”
Betty Kabal, Director of Dental Outreach, North Florida Medical Centers

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Floridians for Dental Access is a bipartisan coalition of individuals and organizations throughout our state actively working to increase access to oral health care through evidence-based best practices in modern dentistry and dental hygiene.