The Return of the Cavity Creeps
February 1, 2008
Dental care seems to be experiencing the same cost increases that medical care is. Which may be why one in four children and adults - who aren’t necessarily low-income - have untreated cavities. At least twice in 2007, a child died from an infection caused by decayed teeth.
Unlike medical doctors, however, dentists’ salaries are actually rising, in part because their numbers aren’t increasing while the nation’s population is. Limited supply leads to high demand leads to the ability of dentists to charge higher prices, which they’re doing.
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