Can dentistry save our health crisis?

smileThere is no doubt, our country is experiencing a chronic health crisis. We have higher health expenses than any other country and experience mediocre overall health outcomes (i.e., chronic disease prevalence, life expectancy, etc.) compared to other countries. As our health care industry is forced to make a transition toward outcome-based care, I believe that dentistry could have an invaluable role to play in the future setting of primary care.