New Report Documents MA Dental Providers Shortage

New report released this past Monday by the MA Oral Health Collaborative and the Catalyst Institute: Massachusetts Oral Health Report — Mapping Access to Oral Health Care in Massachusetts. Click here for the full report.

Here are the major findings:

– Many rural areas of Massachusetts lack easy access to dental care providers.
– 30% of cities/towns in MA don’t have enough dentists to care for the people who live there.
— 69 cities/towns have no dentist.
– 58% of cities/towns have no dental specialists.
– 65% of cities/towns have no pediatric dentists.
– More than 50% of cities/towns have no dentist who accepts MassHealth.
– The majority of MassHealth dentists are clustered in urban areas.

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One Response to New Report Documents MA Dental Providers Shortage

  1. Dr Sandy R says:

    Please send me some areas with shortage Of dentist that accept Masshealth.

    I’m in the process to start a practice

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