"Dentistry is at a crossroads. Changes in how dental practices are organized, reductions in adult dental benefits at the state level, increased financial barriers to care among adults, increased dental student debt level and improvements in oral health status for most segments of the population are some of the major forces bringing significant change to the profession," Marko Vujicic, Ph.D., managing vice president of the HPRC, and lead author of the briefs, wrote. "At the same time, the U.S. health care delivery system is on the verge of unprecedented reform, aimed at reducing costs and improving quality through better coordination of care delivery and significant change in how health care services are paid for."
