文档介绍：develop a loyal patient base. In addition, take time to learn
everything you can so you will be the most outstanding pointments; and the fall in visits from The message of the ACA provisions is that dental care for
working-age adults, the largest segment of the US popula- adults is not considered essential. Not having dental benefits
tion. However, evaluating these data based on the setting eliminates a major driver of demand for dental care.
in which dental care visits occur shows that the number
of visits to dental offices declined by % but the number The value people place on dental care visits is shifting
of visits occurring in Federally Qualified Health Centers with time and across generations. Consumers aren’t
(FQHCs) increased by % and those to hospital emer- demanding care at high levels, especially those in the mid-
gency departments increased by %, with little or no dle- and high-income households. As a result, household
change in visits to dental school clinics. This indicates that priorities do not rank dental care as important, perhaps
dental visits are dramatically lower to dental offices but reflecting trends in oral health status and oral health
significantly higher to FQHCs and hospital emergency de- literacy.
partments (Fig).
Middle- and high-income working-age adults ha